Learn to Walk Correctly or Your Plantar Fasciitis May Not Heal

[@dylanchumley9841]

I'm 25 and learning to walk

[@shan49618]

20

[@TheStarkManCometh]

37

[@hariprasad373]

19

[@MB-up3mh]

98

[@rikdutta4778]

20....with 1 year chronic feet pain

[@Opoczynski]

Dear Bob and Brad. You may not believe this, but about 2 weeks ago I started walking exactly the way you described. What an intuition! I'm 87 and I can now easily 2 miles. Thank for the video.

[@ARMADUS.TENEBRIS]

Why shouldn't you be able to move like a child at the age of 90? I want such results. Why can't I get them? If you want them, feel free to test me, because it's really time for a change. It's time to start from walking. Then there's the flight to the heights.

[@analyticalmindset]

I'm 35 and officially learned how to walk . I'm 6'6 and from NYC so I grew up walking fast and taking long strides . The tips on shortening my stride and planting my heel and front foot evenly changed the game

[@ARMADUS.TENEBRIS]

But that's not even the beginning...

[@nanrobbins2916]

I'm 72 and relearning how to walk. I'm 4'10" and walk fast with long strides and walk on cobblestone streets. I haven't driven since 1973! 3 weeks ago I got a stone bruise and realized that I was pronating that was worsening my pain. I also have Morton's foot, so all this info has really helped me to heal. Gracias for all your help, Brad and Bob.

[@dumidummy9244]

Learn how to walk during quarantine

[@rogerstark8279]

WOW does this work! I do maintenance in a large facility and log over 20,000 steps in a 5-hour shift. Heel pain was crushing me. Over the last week, the stretches and the walking with a shorter stride and paying attention to how my foot strikes the ground is making a big difference.

[@sentesues9383]

Still doing better?

[@davidfuller764]

@@sentesues9383 Roger Stark… I’m Also hoping you are doing better

[@davidfuller764]

How’s it now Roger S?

[@rogerstark8279]

Feeling strong and pain free. I get a minor twinge every three months or so when I over do it, but just a shortened stride takes it away

[@padraigin2929]

@@davidfuller764 Roger the swiftfoot

[@rickyricardo4331]

Wow, I spent 11 years in a marching band that taught "heel to toe" religiously. But, this correct way, which undoes decades of muscle memory, looks very legit when one understands the mechanics behind plantar fasciitis.

[@curlyafro8638]

When I was in marching band we learned to march “toe to heel” … Not sure how waking that way effects things.

[@glowfishin1]

@@curlyafro8638 Different styles

[@glowfishin1]

Marching band! Yes! I learned to "roll" my feet and never stopped

[@applefresh7]

Same boat here. Marching band and JROTC yeeears ago.

[@user-yz9ih6ti1p]

Yesss same here!

[@Talik13]

I’m actually glad you mentioned fore-foot walking, because I do that a lot when walking down hill. And I think that’s what’s been causing it to flair up

[@thehumanpractice2985]

You might not be the most famous PT of the internet... But you're one of the most fmaous pt's in my life Thanks for this

[@sflxn]

At 51, I started to correct my walking after a lot of Achilles pain. It still feels so odd walking on the mid sole, but it is definitely helping with the Achilles.

[@kenyadigittt]

Thank you guys for putting this out for free. Truly grateful for the knowledge you're imparting. I've always had a feeling my plantar fasciitis was a result of how I was walking. Getting more information on the mechanics of walking has me excited to try it out. Thank you for not being like my last Podiatrist and only recommending that I buy a $300 pair of inserts and telling me that there was nothing else I can do.

[@BobandBrad]

Our pleasure! Bob

[@capitantops9080]

@@BobandBrad You are the best physical therapist, but i have a problem, when i walk, people say to me that i walk like a robot, because i am very tense, but before this, i use to walk and doing little jump's to, i don't know if you can help me

[@christinamikolajek6797]

Thank You just walked 6 parking lots = over 1 a mile for 70 year old in pain...but I feel better now!💗

[@jerriwoodard6677]

Hi guys, Also, people have a tendency to not flex at the hips when they walk, which promotes that straight legged gait. So lifting the leg at the hips with each step (exaggerating this as if marching can help develop this more proper gait) puts the foot in a better position when it hits the ground. 😊

[@alphonsoelm5652]

Me: Hmm...I should probably teach myself to walk properly again after these ankle and shin splint issues. Bob and Brad 12 hours later:

[@jaimomme]

15 years old and struggled with plantar fasciitis since around 10 years old but couldn't figure out how to stop the pain other than wearing insoles.. I am short so I tend to take long strides with extended legs. Thank you I will start to do this.

[@FlukeWayne]

This is sad it’s Monday and I’ve gotta go work at this hotel 5 days 2 days isn’t enough for a weekend. I’ve been here striking and limping all through the Marriott I feel disabled this pain is true agony.

[@ovelmo]

What helped me, mentally, to walk more evenly on my feet, was to imagine that I was walking up a level flight of stairs, if that makes sense, haha. Helps a lot in getting the glutes engaged too.

[@karleighs2293]

This makes sense!! Thx for the tip

[@imosdefinite]

This is such great advice

[@sackboydrake]

I don't understand... 🤔

[@jacksonpuckett6115]

@@sackboydrake it's a bit confusing for the overthinker. What he means is: Imagine a flat incline about the same steepness as a staircase. You will lean forward when walking and also strike your feet flatter like they mention in the video.

[@charlie-im]

This just changed my life thank you

[@hindegarrison970]

Wow! I gotta say, after having my first bout of PF, your videos saved me. Plain & simple. Thank you!

[@callumwood7049]

This has helped so much I’m a toe Walker this showed how truly walk properly and not on ties but flat footed

[@lasypvp1012]

yo how old are you?

[@marthaking6779]

For consideration: better than leaning forward, keep--like they said--most of the stride behind you, as in skating. Keep pelvis, ribcage and head vertically aligned, and think about generating propulsion, as in skating, with the glutes and posterior leg muscles, while letting the other leg swing forward naturally. Then the front legs lands at closer to a vertical angle which allows for a better weight distribution in the footstrike.

[@zakuraayame5091]

I somehow became a forefoot walker and didn't realize it until metatarsal pain became intense. I recall being a heel striker in youth. I tried to fix it through metatarsal padding in slippers and inserts ... I've started to concentrate on trying to get my heel to strike at all, good you mentioned this at the end, guess I'm a rarity lol I will try to focus on more even placement now. I did lose almost 200 lbs, that might have played into it a bit. I did buy running shoes, I am flat footed 10.5 5E, 4E running shoes have a soft enough upper that I don't get squished toes. I was also wearing a size too big for a while. I used the Dr schols assessment thing you stand on to get accurate enough measurements of my feet, chose shoe size accordingly. It also shown I stand primarily on 70%+ on the balls of my feet as well. (It also suggested their strongest insert). Working with this knowledge, I've been trying to consciously shift my standing weight more to my heels as well. I was having a ton of foot and leg issues, starting to see progress. IT band tightness loosening, calf pain reducing, metatarsal pain mostly gone, plantar issues mostly gone, still a lot of tightness, but less constant pain, discomfort, easier to walk and stand longer. Thank you for the video, I will make sure I don't overcorrect to too much heel in everything. I was starting to think this was just life after 40, everyone says you hurt more, but I couldn't stand or walk some days, now I have more hope for a less painful future.

[@BobandBrad]

Good luck!

[@BobandBrad]

Are you looking for more information on treating plantar fasciitis? In our complete Plantar Fasciitis Series, Bob and Brad demonstrate tests and treatments for plantar fasciitis. This includes exercises, stretches, and other techniques that can be done at home to decrease foot pain. Find the full playlist here kzbin.info/aero/PL8l32k1r15l5-EIbYLx-HiiypueuVsiMH

[@mistamaog]

Best way I explain this to people is try walking or running barefoot and hard surfaces. You'll naturally land more evenly and won't strike heel first.

[@Noor-ib5hf]

Oh my god I have plantar fasiitis, I never realised you guys made these videos, you just earned a subscriber!!

[@kwoksam1951]

I thought that walking is the only thing I’m good at, but this video: ARE YOU SURE?

[@veganvintagegeek935]

Its been a day since I started walking in a slight marching motion, and I noticed right away how much the pain in my hips, back, and knees feel a little bit better. Thank you so much Doctor's!

[@livchesy6007]

Best advice I’ve ever had since i had my PRP injection for my plantar fasciitis. Thanks you both

[@Jeff-bl1rz]

How long did the PRP injection last?

[@cathyroberts7951]

The shorter stride really works...;thanks!

[@user-yz9ih6ti1p]

@BobandBrad I've never been so grateful for having watched a video. I have developed very bad PF over the past year, and lately I've started walking on my heels because I thought it would take pressure off the fascia -- but the pain was just getting worse and worse (and I was starting to get pain in my hip flexors and knees too, which makes sense given the explanation from the video!). I feel so silly now, but I'm so glad I saw this video so I can stop doing that ASAP! THANK YOU!

[@anonymouscommenter2278]

Sit up straight in a chair! Now lean forward when you walk. I found that leaning forward helps me to shift more weight to the front and away from the heel.

[@douglascameron4376]

I live below some heel strikers and was starting to have some concerns for their knees, etc. This should be common knowledge!

[@luked6995]

My feet are in pain 1 hour in of active walking.( burning, heel pain, arch pain, behind the knee pain) Ex working at home depot. Im young(25) and i feel like I should feel this way. I'm hoping this helps. I'll look into more of your videos thank you

[@nikkis7375]

Why have I not looked this up years ago?! Growing up my mom was always frustrated that I would walk through the heels of all my shoes within a few months. Now I have plantar fasciitis and I’m willing to do anything to help this pain lol

[@karleighs2293]

I really appreciate the videos you guys post. I find the resources you post are way more helpful then some of the physiotherapists I have seen.

[@datdao6982]

hope this will help me. I'm 23 and I've been looking for ways to walk correctly all the time. When I was younger my parents told me that I look like I might fall over and it is a bad stigma (because I was toe walking I think) when I change to heel walking though my feet hurt all the time. Not just my feet but my ankles and knees are also severely affected. Glad to know that heel walking is not the correct way or else I may think that I am the only one have problem with heel walking.

[@a-terrible-fate532]

ive seen a lot of other videos saying to do a heel to toe roll

[@illmatic1026]

Damn I been walking wrong my whole life 😩

[@kavithakaludekootukari2651]

🥺only we understand

[@mistamaog]

That's because shoes have large cushions for the heels, making most people walk heel first.

[@kalaln323]

I’ve been*

[@inderpreetsanghera9816]

U are not the only one dude

[@jonathanonyoutube8086]

I live in an upstairs apartment and am up all night, so I walk very small steps and on my forefoot mostly now out of habit. But it’s helped my arches

[@dezyrides2519]

I’m a toe walker, thats why I’m here! Thanks for remember the few of us I guess lol

[@W1seMenSays]

It is so good to learn this before my second day of walk . Thanks gentlemen.

[@j.bean8672]

If I’m barefoot & I walk on hard floors, I walk on my tippy toes. Done it since I was a kid. My youngest does it too.

[@mending_chord6787]

I do that when the floor is dirty.

[@j.bean8672]

_derek-.-h 😆

[@Ninosniche]

This will cause knee problems

[@davidcripps3011]

When you run barefoot, you naturally take shorter strides

[@NikChillin]

and hop and shout quite a lot after stepping on stones lol

[@davidcripps3011]

@@NikChillin this is true :-)

[@acmulhern]

@@NikChillin that's because your feet aren't used to it. After a couple days you won't feel it anymore. Also, barefoot doesn't hurt if you walk in grass or forests, it's just painful on tarmac which we were never meant to do anyway...

[@Knivesrme]

I love the 5 fingers shoes!

[@tas5622]

is this a proven fact? where can I read more about this event?

[@BlackCroLong]

Could you do a video on sprained ankle rehabilitation? I sprained my ankle in 2015. When i crouch down, it still hurts. Is it scar tissue?

[@PoeLemic]

Have you had a MRI? I didn't until recently, and I found that I actually FRACTURED a main bone in foot. Now, few years later, I've having something like plantar fasciitis. So not sure if it's PF or a small stress fracture in my foot. Hurts like a Mo-Fo. I am counting the minutes until I can find a way to get it to heal fully. Wearing a fracture boot to help it heal.

[@Kraven83]

Forefoot walker right here. I'm also quite tall and always leaning a bit towards the front even when standing still. I've tried to consciously correct it but I always revert to it as my usual posture. Uff...

[@MendingWall2]

I've been walking wrong! Thanks guys. I work in mountain woods and this has helped. If only you could help with my speaking wrong!

[@joeo7257]

Great video, but running shoes have too large of a cushion in the heel to allow you to toe strike at all. They also stabilize your foot so much that muscles to your ankle and foot atrophy

[@heathermcd12]

Joe O Altra running shoes have zero elevation and toe and heel height are the same, plus there is a large toe box.

[@evanbarnes9984]

@@heathermcd12 altras are the shit! Love em

[@heathermcd12]

Evan Barnes yeah I got a new pair this week, wore out the other pair already.

[@sjbennett7130]

Thanks guys wow - u only uploaded this at the perfect time - Ive been in pain last week - thankyou xxx From London

[@krishnakumar-gy6tw]

I tried everything for past one year. Finally i started walking bare foot for 1 hr daily and my planter fascities cured day 1 itself.

[@gemmadidit4118]

Push off with your toes...right?

[@malwinafidyk101]

@@gemmadidit4118 How?

[@kellykelly3109]

Can you do a video on the walking.my daughter is 7 yrs old and has been walking on her toes ever since she started walking.I started getting her treatment for this when I realized at 4yrs old she really was not walking normally. They diagnosed her with idiopathic toe walking.They started her with casting her legs for a month then o shoe insert that she wears during the day and a night splint for her to sleep in .They did two rounds of castings pt after.There was little improvement after that but she is currently still walking on her toes at 7yrs old.She just started pt again.Btw there are quite a few kids walking on there toes that are not babies.Thanks in advance for your response.

[@NikChillin]

My lad always walked on his toes, I thought it was so cute, he wasn't so bad in shoes. Now he is 19 and 6'3 he has grown out of it 😂

[@zuki9425]

@@NikChillin Im a toe walker since I learned to walk and i never outgrew it now Im 19 and it hurts so much hahaha, as a kid i hated the physical therapy so keep taking your daughther there and she should get better.

[@abdou7622]

شكراً جزيلا لقد أفادني درسك ❤️❤️❤️

[@akirabinismael5942]

started 50km august walking challenge. and i realized that i always have foot arch ache & sometime knee ache. so i search correct way. now i know

[@johnburke7792]

I love the Bob and Brad jingle!

[@graphitebeans]

Gorrammit! No wonder I’ve been making minimal progress with my stupid foot over the past few years! Thanks guys!

[@CatTheEpicRamenNinja]

The muscle memory of marching band has not left me - especially going heel-toe on long strides when I walk fast - and it feels instinctively wrong to sort of shuffle the feet. But the heel pain is intense so I'll give it a go

[@adrievanduijn8334]

44 years old and my eyes are being opened. No wonder that the plantar fascitis occured in my feet with aaaaaaall those years of heelstriking by walking ánd running. Does somebody know some more ideas or links to movies and/or articles about this subject. I really want to learn en practice it in real.

[@rythatbxtch5355]

Wow this just helped me so much! Thank you guys!!

[@addiwhiteside2601]

So.. I’ve hurt my knee and I’ve been walking with a straight leg for about 4 days now, and I’ve forgotten how to walk help

[@AnalyticalChick]

I'm a forefoot walker. I hit toes first. I don't even wear heals. As a child, I was a strong heels hit and my mom would get on my case that my knees would end up bad from walking like that.

[@loverofhumanity]

I had the same exact issue. Have you found any solution yet? It's some thing I'm a bit self conscious about especially when I'm in a social environment

[@caitlinhopkins9729]

I had plantar fasciitis for 7 months. I’m not a teenager yet. This is due to a MASSIVE growth spurt, and I’m still small 😂. It was awful. So absolutely terrible and it was hard to pay attention in class..

[@XabooAlex]

Thank you. Just what I have been looking for.

[@Jaredius]

I inadvertently tried this a few years ago and over time with the gate change it started causing me back issues. A year ago I was able to transition back to a normal gate and that also caused issues with my back and my good foot. Plantar fasciitis is THE WORST

[@michaeljoncour4903]

'' GAIT''

[@cherylbertini3214]

Hello bob and brad! Because the calcanius is the most dense bone in the body, shouldn’t it take the majority of the force? Can you explain a bit more your thinking of walking more flat footed? A side note, I tried your simple taping method before my walk yesterday and also wore it to bed, and for the first time in several months I didn’t wake up in the middle of the night with top of the foot pain! Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@islandmaaan1115]

Thank you guys! I will definitely try this because my ankles, feet and calves hurt all the time. I walk super fast too. I wonder if thats what does it. But thank you so much and be Blessed!

[@ColeCash]

Forefoot walker here, no idea why I do it. Has the side effect of making me extremely quiet while walking and periodically straining my fascia. Had a personal trainer prescribe farmers carries up stairs, which I need to resume...

[@manish236]

To be honest: I read the thumbnail as 'Correct your wanking'. I watched the video and I'm proud to say it helped me!

[@sunnysideup5826]

Haha damn

[@AnalyticalChick]

LOL

[@abigailkinsey106]

I’ve found out a few month ago I have planter fasciitis and my parent recommended this video

[@k.s5889]

Thank you! I'm new with this problem

[@mnmeetk]

This is so helpful! Thank you so much!!!! 👑👑

[@vegardbell]

I prefer barefoot shoes for both running and walking. Stopped hitting the heel first. Done this for the last 3 years.

[@Mikecorsale]

Agree with everything they said except wearing running shoes with arch support. These are coffins for your feet. Wear bear foot/minimalist shoes like Vivos or Vibrams, these will aid your foot regaining its true strength and development.

[@tigernga218]

When my issue started, I felt a change in the gripping of my toes as I walk (like cats use claws to climb trees). Now I can't walk without thinking how to use my toes. What do you think?

[@eat2befit]

Please do videos on Sesamoiditis.

[@martinb.nielsen3321]

Othee people: Why u walk like that? Me: do you have a problem bish

[@theserbianranger6648]

Thank you

[@philly111]

Thank you for this video, much appreciated!

[@urlocalgrandmafromthehood1911]

My mom says that I walk weird and whenever I walk a long time my feet and back ache badly. I’ve had to deal with it for a long time and I hope this helps 😁

[@kyle3513]

Did it work?

[@billybarnett2846]

I walk with heel strike cause that's what they drilled into us in Army basic training. I had plantar in my right foot about 15 years ago and now my left foot is acting up.

[@suzie7090]

Thanks again for another great video!

[@MPowerBeReal]

Thank you!

[@Acadian.FrenchFry]

Who else sings the intro every time?

[@exos2327]

You got me

[@alphonsoelm5652]

I randomly bust into this song all the time too

[@brickhouse7401]

Busted

[@bruh-bc1xg]

No one

[@vishalsinghdhamiak47]

😂

[@einnockate]

Chi walking is similar to the way children walk and is best... And I suggest 30 to 40 percent or less heel strike is better at preventing low back pain . Shoes weaken the ankles, knees and hips and cause low back pain. Spend several hours a day walking in barefoot style shoes or socks if you can't go full barefoot and stretch daily for full range of motion.

[@iliannymartinez2619]

OMG I have been suffering from fasciitis that I just found out about in the last few months started two years ago no matter how many times I told the doctor all the pain I was it started affecting my leg and my hip because I couldn't walk right and I was just so much pain able to hardly walk anymore finally they gave me physical therapy and the young lady was able to help me some because the foot doctor just want to give me injections and I wasn't sure getting injections to the foot was the correct thing to do

[@BobandBrad]

We are so glad you found someone who could help without the injections!

[@imdavemtz]

Si vamos con la analogía del codo y antebrazo sería mejor colocar la mano que tendrá todo el poder de impulso de la extremidad o en el caso del pie el metatarso.

[@mattspunkingurl]

Excellent advice.

[@aggienatl]

So helpful!!! Thank you.

[@Eyeofdarkness333]

Thank you for this enlightenment...🙃

[@evalina98000]

SAS sandals have support and right height for🚶🏾‍♀️ [in place of running shoes]

[@crazykittensmiles]

Love you guys! Thank you so much ☺️

[@carnuroalnanda5241]

I have spent months studying cures for plantar fasciitis and found a great resource at Fergs Foot Formula (google it if you're interested)

[@kimberlyerrington4570]

I’m a forefoot walker apparently it’s what’s giving me lower back ache as my glutes aren’t engaging correctly and I’m not getting the push off needed when going forward…so a video how to correct this would be helpful actually. And I’m nearly 40 not a little kid 😂

[@Rogers2850]

Oui c'est vrai merci

[@aracelirosales7328]

Rhank yoi thank you thank uou...as always..

[@andreareese6753]

I work as a dog walker and have developed very painful PF. I’m having PT, but so far that seems to actually be making it worse. I’m sleeping in special boots to keep my foot at the right angle, plus using various types of roll out devices and heating equipment. I’m stretching and also taking Advil and arnica. I depend on dog walking for my income and feel so discouraged. What else can I do to recover? Thanks for any ideas!

[@bcislandlife9795]

Best way to learn this technique is with a cart in a supermarket

[@user-vv1kb7uv9l]

I want exercises for stairs step after acl surgery now 12 weeks icant do any thing

[@Shared_Wisdom_Aysheh]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@user-qj2wt5cs6p]

SUBCRIBED/LIKED your channel!!!👌Nice tips And beautifully expressed!!!👍

[@Deebles62]

Love you guys. OMG... i've been walking wrong my whole life!! however, while this seems to make sense, it makes my lower back (by the L4) really hurt. UGHT

[@humerakhan992]

I have plantar fastis more than 4 years i left job and gym... Now at rest... And still pain

[@prizedventure8889]

This definitely comes in handy since I’ve started doing a tad more running and noticed a little more thumping haha

[@leonramafalo3123]

Bob n Brad, I don't think people should lean forward when walking because it puts much stress on the heel n knee, it's also bad posture

[@aliensoup2420]

My foot-fall is perfect when I walk, but I still suffer bad foot pain when I walk more than a few 100 yards, or hike. I hiked long distances for years without discomfort, then suddenly my feet start to hurt, and even my lower leg muscles get painful fatigue.