Walking

 

 

Walking is an excellent exercise when the person’s physical structure is within the range of normal.  Walking is a very complex task consisting of many sub-tasks.

 

The toe hinge should be horizontal (facing directly forward in walking); the ankle hinge functioning horizontally with no interference to the knee movement; the knee hinge horizontal with the movement directly forward and back; it is hard to describe the combination of movements at the hip and lower back.  It is this latter set of movements that I would like to explore in this following sequence of activities:

 

WAIST BACK

STRING OF PEARLS

LEARNING TO WALK