A lot of people have foot pain to the point they can’t move the rest of their body, which is why foot issues are a risk factor for locomotion disabilities, poor balance, falling, and eventually…
Exercise Advent Calendar 2020: WITH A TWIST
I love movement and I love celebrating, thus I always strive to create movement-rich celebrations. For years, I’ve done a movement advent calendar at the end of the year as a thank you to my…
HOW (AND WHY) I WALKED 440 MILES FOR MY 44th BIRTHDAY
In case you didn’t know, my birthday is March 4th. As in, March Forth! Because even my birthdate seems to say, “Get moving.” I love celebrations in general, and while writing Movement Matters I realized…
Day 2: Articulate each “vertebrae” of your “foot spine”
In gait analysis there are two points of foot contact analyzed during landing—heel strike and foot flat (where the ball of the foot comes down to the ground), but really there are 17 joints between “heel…
EXERCISE ADVENT CALENDAR 2014: GAIT
I love movement and I love celebrating, thus I always strive to create movement-rich celebrations. For years, I’ve done a movement advent calendar at the end of the year as a thank you to my…
Walking or Bouncing?
This post from 2013 was edited, updated, and expanded in 2020. This is one of a handful of our favorite articles on walking, including topics covering what various “walking parts” do as well as other…