Very well done Doctor Todd Martin, Very well done!!! This video is very helpful for all of us!!!You are always in my daily prayers/// Many blessings 🙏

@ToddMartinMD

7 ай бұрын

You are very welcome

Thank you. I have leg and ankle spasticity and dropped foot due to Multiple Sclerosis. This video helps me understand why I shuffle and scrape the ground when walking. I now know more of what I can do to walk better. I know it doesn't happen over night. I figure I have spent the last 23 years building compensating habits. I am trying to fix them a little at a time.

@ToddMartinMD

7 ай бұрын

I hope the video helps. It can be a challenge if you have an underlying nervous system issue, but exercise and practice can certainly move things more in the right direction.

Great video!👍

@ToddMartinMD

3 ай бұрын

Thanks

Thank you Doctor! Great video and very useful advice!

@ToddMartinMD

4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Good timing, shuffling has been in my mind to address next in trying to relearn how to walk. I have not been sure how to go about it. If someone could have taught to me to walk correctly in 2015 my life now would be so much better. So keep at it and if possible, teach the medical community as well.

@ToddMartinMD

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment.

Thank you

@ToddMartinMD

5 ай бұрын

You’re welcome

Despite being a boy, I had feminine walking style. Your videos really helped me change that. Thank you so much Sir. Love from India ❤.

@ToddMartinMD

7 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that. Thank you.

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@kevindoherty01

7 ай бұрын

Great video... anything on endurance running would be good🙂

I know you have made a video about walking lightly before but that’s my issue. Sometimes I walk lightly and sometimes I hit the ground hard and you can hear it. The thing is it doesn’t always happen but it’s always on my right foot

@ToddMartinMD

7 ай бұрын

If it only happens sometimes, that means you have the ability to do it. Continued practice and consciousness will help.

Mi hope he soon post ome shorter versions just demonstrating the exercises themselves

@ToddMartinMD

4 ай бұрын

I do have available videos that are just exercises. You can look for them. Here is one. Functional Movement Exercise Improve Balance and Walking kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGmVxKSnhK7Umps.html

I wish DR Todd MARTIN WAS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBÀGO

@ToddMartinMD

5 ай бұрын

Sounds like a good place for a working vacation.

What is your take on Head over foot... I see other walking experts say. Thanks!

@ToddMartinMD

6 ай бұрын

That makes sense if you are running. It makes no sense if you are walking, assuming they are saying you should land with your head directly over the foot. Just basic mechanics will tell you there is no way to do that without leaning forward.

@lov2playtn

6 ай бұрын

@@ToddMartinMD I have tried head over foot and it did not help my walking. I would lose my balance. Now I don't have to worry about that...thinking I was not doing correct.

Do you give walking lessons (group or solo) in addition to teaching dance and Taiichi? Do you take Medicare p[patients outside of the Kaiser system? I have severe arthritis in my left hip caused by years of internal bleeding into my left hip that was finally treated with high doses of hydroxyurea. A hip replacement probably won't occur because of the bleeding disorder caused by a chronic blood cancer called essential thrombothycemia. My bone marrow makes way too many platelets, and they don't work. I read your biography and smiled. My mother was born and raised in the far South Side of Chicago in Roseland and Pullman, where President Obama was a community organizer. (My grandfather was the ward boss of the Ninth Ward.) My father graduated from Evanston Township High School, not far from Northwestern, your alma mater. Dad was a lifeguard on Lake Michigan. I would love to see videos of your walking instructions in Grant Park, along Lake Michigan, or in some of the wonderful Chicago neighborhoods. Keep up the great work. THank you for your help.

@ToddMartinMD

7 ай бұрын

Thanks. Chicago downtown is a great walking town, although when I was there in school I lived on roller blades. The lakefront is the best for that. As a Kaiser physician I can't practice anything to do with medicine outside the system or take patients. Teaching walking technique is a bit different, since it is not technically medical, even though it has medical implications. So, I do occasionally teach some individual walking lessons either virtually or in person for people who live in San Diego. I have considered group classes at some point but haven't gotten around to it.

Doctor,Can we apply this technique while playing Tennis as my knee hurts while playing

@ToddMartinMD

7 ай бұрын

Well, you are primarily going to be running with quick take off and stops in tennis. That is quite a bit different than walking technique. You can use this technique any time you are going to be walking.

You made mention of foot clearance that we are not clearing the foot what does that mean sir. Oh n thanks for the video

@ToddMartinMD

6 ай бұрын

That means the creating space between the ground and the bottom of the foot, which is necessary to prevent tripping.

@jossyitoyah8825

6 ай бұрын

@@ToddMartinMD OK cool

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@ToddMartinMD

7 ай бұрын

Thanks

I thought this was a video of how to stop shuffling dancing as you get older 😅

@ToddMartinMD

7 ай бұрын

I thought about doing a shuffle dancing joke demo but thought better of it since this is a serious subject.

You are using Ba gua Zhang and not identifying as so. This is not a good thing. Of course this allows you to be more wholistic in your presentations but still has you avoid many important aspects. Half a loaf .......

@ToddMartinMD

3 ай бұрын

This is not Bagua. This is teaching people basic body mechanics that apply to all activities. One does not need to learn the complexities of Bagua to learn how to move better. I am using fundamental principles that apply to everything.

Just need to stop talking so much.

@ToddMartinMD

Ай бұрын

People would not understand much without the talking. People already know what walking looks like. They just have no idea what’s actually happening.