Go for a walk
See how your feet work
1. Go for walk.
a. Pay attention to what part of the foot is hitting the ground first, front, middle, or back of
the foot, and then if the outside or inside of the foot is making contact first.
b. Pay attention to what part of the foot is pushing off the ground, front, back, or middle,
and then note if it is the outside of inside part of the foot.
2. Walking down a few steps.
a. Pay attention to what part of the foot is hitting the step first, front, middle or back of the
foot, and then if the outside or inside of the foot is making contact first.
b. Don’t worry about climbing the steps just the descent.
c. Walking down again but land the back of your foot (heel). You may need to hold on to
the rail. Be careful. Pay attention to how this feels? How loud where your steps?
Where do you feel the impact? Steps were much louder, and I felt the impact on my
heel.
d. Walk down the stairs again, normally, like you did before. How does the sound compare
to when you were landing on your heels? It sounded much quieter than when I landed
on my heel.
3. Take a walk again. More of a jog (get airborne).
a. Pay attention to your first few steps. Now try to jog as quietly as possible. Hint: Adopt
the same foot pattern as when you were walking down the stairs normally. Jumped off
from the front part of my foot and landed in the middle.
b. Transition again between landing on your heels and landing on your forefoot (not toes),
paying attention to where you are feeling any of the impact. Landing on heels is very
uncomfortable and hurts. Landing on forefoot is comfy and quieter.
