Category Archives: How to Walk Correctly
A Forgotten detail missing from Ergonomics – Your Legs!
Engaging the Core helps relieve Low Back Pain
How to be rid of Low Back Pain forever, no tools necessary.
I used to have low back pain. Due to a knee injury when I was 19, I shifted my weight to the right side and this caused chronic right side low back pain. I pulled this muscle often.
As a Massage Therapist, with the volume of clients I have seen and with my own experience, Low Back Pain is caused by your feet pointed outwards. The more severe they are pointed outwards the more severe the pain.
Try standing up and keep your back straight, point your toes outward, watch how you will fall backwards. If you walk like this then to keep from falling backwards you will bend forward at the mid-back and your head will shoot forward. I walked around like this for a long time. I also over exaggerated putting my shoulders back to offset the slumping forward. When you do this your hips jet forward, this also creates low back pain. When you are falling backwards, because you have your toes out, the back of your hips fall downward and the front of your hips rotates up. This overstretches you low back and this is what causes the pain.
So to solve low back pain I pointed my toes [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] and then I noticed I don’t fall backwards if my back is straight. I did not have to put my shoulders back because I am not hunching forward. My hips fall into line and my low back pain has been alleviated.
Now walking incorrectly has become a habit, and now walking correctly is a new habit. Sometimes I fall into the old habit and notice my low back start to hurt, so then I look down and see that my toes are pointed outward. I then point my toes [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] and the pain goes away.
So no ice, special shoes, ointments, or any other tools to solve low back pain. It is all posture technique which just focuses on the feet. No back pain relief products here, it’s all posture technique, not due to a lack of a particular product.
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The one and only way how to get rid of painful shin splints fast and forever.
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Shin Splint
I was a competitive swimmer and then transitioned into running sports like softball and ultimate Frisbee. I had always been a decent runner but by my late 20’s I had crippling shin splints. Just one softball game and I am hobbling back to my car. I was told by coaches to ice them, then stretch them, get new shoes, get arch supports, then was told I need orthotics….blah blah blah. If a pain keeps coming back, then the above therapeutic suggestions DO NOT WORK!
I found it is technique on how you walk. Shin splints are created by walking on the outside edges of your feet. I watched how I walked and discovered a new technique. I started using this technique and by next season I had no more shin splints and I have never had them again. I believe their is only one way to get rid of shin splints and I have cracked the code.
So don’t deal with shin splints, manage shin splints, avoid shin splints, or just stop running or walking. How long does it take? 1. You need to stop walking on the outside edges of your feet. 2. Walk on [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] of your feet. I have pictures and videos on to use this one exercise to alleviate shin splints.
Get my free ebook to show you how to resolve your without ice or any other tools. It is all technique. [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here]
The best shoes that help with shin splint relief, however got to learn my technique first.
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Shin Splint
Walking Correctly Part 10 of 10: Solutions & Exercises for Superior Walking Health
Walking Correctly Part 10 of 10: Solutions & Exercises for Superior Walking Health
Walking Meditation
For all those over-thinkers who can’t get out of their head, thinking about your feet is a great mediation exercise. When one thinks about how their feet touch the ground, it helps you forget about repetitive or useless thoughts. It’s like you are sucking all the excess thoughts out of your head and using it as glue to connect with the Earth. If you really think about it, with all that thinking do you really get more done? Taking a break and feeling your body touch the earth will help your conscious rest and your subconscious will come up with better ideas. Plus when you take time to rest your body the mind has a better house to settle in.
Massage is really great for loosening very tight walking muscles. When you have been walking for decades incorrectly it is difficult to just go cold turkey and all of a sudden start successfully walking the correct way. Improper technique has become a habit and breaking habits takes some time to undo. After decades of walking incorrectly overstretched muscles can be very difficult to engage. Overstretched muscles will usually be the muscles that are causing the pain. [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] these muscles will keep them from becoming more stretched and once [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] they will stretch the over used tight muscles which exhibit no pain. “Typical toe outward” people will have tight outside legs and over stretched inside legs.
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“Walk Away Aches & Pains”
by Jacob Caldwell, LMT
Massage can help get you started walking correctly because massage techniques such as cross fiber friction can help break up scar tissue muscles. Once these tight muscles can relax a bit it will be easier to flex and strength the overstretched muscles. Knots and ropey muscles are overstretched muscles. They have become this way because when a muscle is overstretched it must protect itself by hardening itself. The overstretched muscles are the ones that exude the pain because the tendon is about to ripped from the bone. Tight muscles are the real cause which usually exudes no pain because they are stealing the space from the overstretched muscles. It is like a tug a war in your body. The best way to resolve the battle is to balance the scale. [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] overstretched muscles and [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] the tight ones. You can rub overstretched muscles all day and it will have very little lasting effect. By stretching and lengthening the tight muscle that gives off no pain will have more beneficial relief to the overstretched muscle.
Check the [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] Technique it is vastly superior to just stretching a muscle. It works just how sounds – Stretch the tight muscle one direction and then Flex the painful muscle the opposite direction.
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Walking Correctly Part 1 of 10: ROM of the Ankles is equal to ROM of the HIP
Walking Correctly Part 2 of 10: Toes Pointed IN or OUT?
Walking Correctly Part 3 of 10: The 4 Step Points
Walking Correctly Part 4 of 10: No more Falling Arches
Walking Correctly Part 5 of 10: Finesse – Relax, Spread, Flex, and Stretch
Walking Correctly Part 6 of 10: Walking Improves Health
Walking Correctly Part 7 of 10: Walking Incorrectly Affects Posture
Walking Correctly Part 8 of 10: The Mental Manifesting – Your Mind Makes your Posture
Walking Correctly Part 9 of 10: The Bad & Ideal Shoes
Walking Correctly Part 10 of 10: Solutions & Exercises for Superior Walking Health
Walking Correctly Part 6 of 10: Walking Improves Health
The Path of the Spleen Meridian through the Arch of the Foot
Walking Correctly Part 6 of 10: Walking Improves Health
Immune System – Protects the Body
In Acupuncture the meridian points in the fingers and toes are toning the corresponding organs. In the feet the Meridians are the Spleen, Liver, Stomach, Gall Bladder, Bladder, and the Kidneys. These organs help with overall strength and the immune system. Each of the toning points of organs encircles all areas of the foot. So it is important to [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] If a part of the foot is often skipped by lack of circulation and stimulation that organ will have low energy or restricted flow making the organ “tired” or “sluggish”.
So walking correctly and excising the [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] will increase overall energy and a stronger immune system.
Lymphatic System – Cleans the Body
In the circulation system the heart is the muscle that moves the blood throughout the body. In the lymphatic system there is no singular muscle that moves the water throughout your body. The lymph’s are in your arm pits, breasts, between the legs, and calves. When the surrounding muscles are flexed this pumps the water throughout the body. So walking and exercising is one of the best ways for water circulation. Where there is circulation there is healing and strength.
Massage is one of the best ways to support the lymphatic system. Squeezing muscles helps pump water through tight muscles.
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Walking Correctly Part 7 of 10: Walking Incorrectly Affects Posture
Walking Correctly Part 8 of 10: The Mental Manifesting – Your Mind Makes your Posture
Walking Correctly Part 9 of 10: The Bad & Ideal Shoes
Walking Correctly Part 10 of 10: Solutions & Exercises for Superior Walking Health
Walking Correctly Part 1 of 10: ROM of the Ankles is equal to ROM of the HIP
Walking Correctly Part 2 of 10: Toes Pointed In or OUT?
Walking Correctly Part 3 of 10: The 4 Step Points
Walking Correctly Part 4 of 10: No more Falling Arches
Walking Correctly Part 5 of 10: Finesse – Relax, Spread, Flex, and Stretch
Walking Correctly Part 5 of 10: Finesse – Relax, Spread, Flex, and Stretch
Walking Correctly Part 5 of 10: Finesse – Relax, Spread, Flex, and Stretch
Now that you have worked on improving your range of motion and getting some flexibility in your feet, now it is easier to work on some more intricate helpful techniques.
Our Muscles and joints work best when we can flex and stretch them to their full capacity. This is also very important with the feet. As a society we bind our feet in shoes that either have to big of a sole. Walking correctly really requires being able to feel the [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] below us. Our hands and feet have the same muscles; we should be just as strong in our feet as our hands.
It is important to master the beginning 1-4 Parts before being successful at this section.
1. When your leg is swinging forward, relax your foot and hit Step Point 1. Feel your foot spread out and open as wide as possible.
2. When you move toward Step Point 2 and 3 begin to flex your foot and really grip the ground.
3. When Moving through Step Point 3 and 4 your foot will begin stretching to its full range of motion outward.
4. Follow through – Like in every sport follow through is important. When your foot has left the ground [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] and feel the full length stride.
This part is important to feel the full range of your foot fully relaxed and fully flexed in every stride that you take.
Note: Most Yoga Instructor talk about “old age starts in the toes”. When atrophy starts in your toes the rigidness slowly goes up our body and your joints become like concrete. Each joint becomes less and less flexible.
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Also getting a Massage 1-2 times a month is best to counter a full 40 hours a week at desk.
Walking Correctly Part 6 of 10: Walking Improves Health
Walking Correctly Part 7 of 10: Walking Incorrectly Affects Posture
Walking Correctly Part 8 of 10: The Mental Manifesting – Your Mind Makes your Posture
Walking Correctly Part 9 of 10: The Bad & Ideal Shoes
Walking Correctly Part 10 of 10: Solutions & Exercises for Superior Walking Health
Walking Correctly Part 1 of 10: ROM of the Ankles is equal to ROM of the HIP
Walking Correctly Part 2 of 10: Toes Pointed IN or OUT?
Walking Correctly Part 3 of 10: The 4 Step Points
Walking Correctly Part 4 of 10: No more Falling Arches
Walking Correctly Part 5 of 10: Finesse – Relax, Spread, Flex, and Stretch
Walking Correctly Part 4 of 10: No more Falling Arches
Walking Correctly Part 4 of 10: No more Falling Arches
To keep the integrity of you arch requires having good dexterity in your feet. [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] and resisting the pull of gravity is important.
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In Part 3, Between Step Point 2 & 3 is when you flex your outside foot to the inside foot. At this point is where you want to[Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] . Squeeze the [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] and feel yourself holding your body up. Falling arches is due to flaccid and sloppy foot technique which allows your feet to flop around. Strong feet will have strong arches. Plantar Fasciitis and Falling arches can be prevented here. This technique is so detail and requires so much patience to understand that a bone just a 1/16th of an inch out of place can cause extreme debilitating pain. With a little[Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] , many of your foot pain issues will go away.
The StretchFlex Technique for your Arch. Step on a tennis ball and massage the ball along your arch while [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] your foot. <<>
Walking Correctly Part 5 of 10: Finesse – Relax, Spread, Flex, and Stretch
Walking Correctly Part 6 of 10: Walking Improves Health
Walking Correctly Part 7 of 10: Walking Incorrectly Affects Posture
Walking Correctly Part 8 of 10: The Mental Manifesting – Your Mind Makes your Posture
Walking Correctly Part 9 of 10: The Bad & Ideal Shoes
Walking Correctly Part 10 of 10: Solutions & Exercises for Superior Walking Health
Walking Correctly Part 1 of 10: ROM of the Ankles is equal to ROM of the HIP
Walking Correctly Part 2 of 10: Toes Pointed IN or OUT?
Walking Correctly Part 3 of 10: The 4 Step Points
Walking Correctly Part 3 of 10: The 4 Step Points
Now we get a little more detailed and break up the foot into 4 specific contact points.
Step Point 1: Heal
Step Point 2: Outside Ball of Foot
Step Point 3: Inside Ball of Foot
Step Point 4: Big Toe
It is important to hit each point individually. Often outward pointed toe walkers will combine Step Points 3 and 4 together. This will lead to very tight outside IT Bands, shin splints, and low back pain. Inward pointed toe walkers will skip Step Point 1, which will lead tight front hips.
It is important to hit Step Point 1 and 2 when your leg is in front of you. Step Point 3 and 4 occur when your leg is behind you.
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Take notice of the muscles in your legs while you’re walking. When your leg is in front of you is when you will use the outside leg muscles. When your leg is behind you, you are going to use your inside leg muscles. What most people miss is you have to hit Step Point 3 and Step Point 4 [Answer Revealed in the Free Download here] otherwise you will NOT access you inside leg muscle which is what most people miss. This leads to hip pain, shin splints, and is primarily how Low Back Pain is created.
Your feet should behave like a wave fluctuating from outside to inside rocking back and forth. However, to the observer it will look like nothing is going on.
Tip: Use some deep tissue massage therapy on the inside arch of your foot.
Walking Correctly Part 4 of 10: No more Falling Arches
Walking Correctly Part 5 of 10: Finesse – Relax, Spread, Flex, and Stretch
Walking Correctly Part 6 of 10: Walking Improves Health
Walking Correctly Part 7 of 10: Walking Incorrectly Affects Posture
Walking Correctly Part 8 of 10: The Mental Manifesting – Your Mind Makes your Posture
Walking Correctly Part 9 of 10: The Bad & Ideal Shoes
Walking Correctly Part 10 of 10: Solutions & Exercises for Superior Walking Health
Walking Correctly Part 1 of 10: ROM of the Ankles is equal to ROM of the HIP
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