gait

My First eBook

By Amy on January 7, 2020 • ( 8 )

As promised, here is eBook #1. This one has to do with all things gait. Everything I’ve talked about on this blog regarding issues with walking are in this book – and exercises that may help to make it better.Hopefully,… Read More ›

Circumduction

By Amy on November 21, 2019 • ( 10 )

I was walking behind someone in a coffee shop today who displayed a telltale sign that he had either a stroke or another neurological injury affecting the legs. Or just one leg. What I saw was that when this guy… Read More ›

Heel Raises (calf raises)

By Amy on April 8, 2015 • ( 8 )

I tried to explain to someone the importance of this exercise and strengthening this muscle. This will strengthen the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, the calf muscles. These muscles, when contracted, will plantarflex the foot(point the toes). So when you do… Read More ›

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By Amy on April 21, 2014 • ( 2 )

Dean asked me recently if I knew of any videos or anything demonstrating the proper mechanics of gait. I didn’t, but I looked around the interweb and found this. It’s really good. But it’s also kinda boring and technical. But… Read More ›

By Amy on October 1, 2013 • ( 57 )

I’ve written a lot about walking. This is another thing that I first wrote about before I knew that I didn’t know anything. They told us in PT school that gait and everything that goes along with gait is a… Read More ›