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Walking tips

[(Anonymous)]

Getting to the party kind of late, but maybe somebody can help me out, anyway.

I have a recumbent stationary bike that I use somewhat regularly, but recently a friend and I have started taking a weekly walk together. The first one was fine, a little more than a mile. Ditto the second, though I was a little more tired at the midway point, which is why we didn't take the alternate route that would make the total about two miles.

On the third one, which was the longer walk, I got a big damn cramp when I got back in my calf. I skipped the fourth because I was out of town, and now our schedules are different, so I don't know if we'll be able to continue. But I went out on my own today and realized I think I walk completely differently when I'm by myself.

My steps just felt...harder? Heavier? And I felt it in my calves about a quarter mile in. I took an abreviated version of our short walk -- came it at .86 miles at 25-minute mile pace -- and I with every step, I was super aware of the way my left leg moved. My right leg just felt like normal walking, but the left, it was like "I am picking up my foot, it's swinging at the knee, and now it's setting down." Strangely enough, when I hit my block, I decided to give myself a 1-2 count with each step, and the weirdness went away...but I could feel the stride on my right leg changing.

It was weird. My mom has a wonky hip and has had a limp her whole life, and I'm wondering if maybe when I don't have a -- for lack of a better term -- "normal" gait to walk beside, maybe I revert back to a sort of limp? I would have learned to walk watching her, after all.

Nobody's ever mentioned it before, but I don't come of the walking-est of families. But really, if anybody has any thoughts on why my footfalls seem so heavy (and thereby tiring very early) and what I can do to stop that, I'm all ears.

Re: Walking tips

[(Anonymous)]

How this become in front of the german thread?

Re: Walking tips

[(Anonymous)]

The only thing I can think of with regards to changing is to just...retrain yourself. There isn't going to be a silver bullet that will make you suddenly start walking differently without thinking about it.

You might be able to find something online that'll help you figure it out, but paying attention to how you're walking/adjusting it when you notice should help some.

Re: Walking tips

[(Anonymous)]

I'd ask someone outside of your family to assess your walk to see if there's a visible limp. Or is it a possibility that one of your legs is longer than the other? Lots of people have different leg lengths, and sometimes it's enough to cause a difference in gait.

On the other hand, it's possible you're overthinking this and making yourself self-conscious about your stride. Kind of like how when you repeat a word over and over again, it becomes a meaningless collection of sounds.