How to know the disease by walking?
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Recent studies of scientists have revealed the relationship of a person's gait to his sexual life. But can a gait tell people about anything else?
As it turned out, maybe. Indeed, our manner of walking can be the first symptom of a disease.
American scientists have found that an easy step or too vigorous hips swinging can indicate weak pelvic muscles, which leads to problems with the back and legs. If you walk like a supermodel on the podium, then think about whether everything is in order. When a person walks or runs, a small group of muscles is involved in the movement, which helps to keep the legs straight. To weaken this group of muscles can lead to a sedentary lifestyle.
Chain Voss, a physiotherapist at the London-based TenPhysio Center, advises in this case to strengthen the pelvic muscles and the best way for this, in his opinion, is Pilates.
Slow movement can be the first bell of Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, arthritis, the development of dementia and even indicate the short life.
According to Dr. Tony Redmond, an orthopedist from the University of Leeds, a healthy young man walks on average at a speed of 1.2 and 1.4 meters per second. But if you become disturbed, for example, arthritis, then the speed of walking begins to fall significantly. As a rule, people with sick joints walk at a speed of less than one meter per second.
Also, the speed of walking is able to "predict" our life expectancy. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have analyzed the gait of 36,000 people over 65 years of age. They identified those who moved slower than half a meter per second. These people had an increased risk of death, and those who walked faster - health indicators were higher.
Seeding gait can be indicative of problems in sex, namely, inability to experience orgasm, osteoarthritis, muscle damage from walking on high heels.
The absence of hesitation in walking is most likely the consequence of neck or back disease. Often this leads to a sedentary lifestyle.
Stitching may be evidence of arthrosis, plantar fasciitis, and may also be caused by the wearing of heavy bags.
The classic case of arthrosis of the hip joint is a one-foot fit, when the body weight moves to one side.
Problems with lifting to the stairs can be in people with osteoarthritis of the knee joint. If there are painful sensations in the joints of the foot, located at the base of the thumbs when descending and climbing the stairs, then you should visit the doctor.
Shuffling your feet on the ground can indicate diabetes, radiculitis and stroke.
The person loses control over his movements and stops raising his leg high enough, so the steps turn out to be blurry and shuffling.
Choreic gait is characterized by the fact that the change in the position of the body and the movement of the limbs are interrupted by sudden excess movements (chorea) in the limbs and trunk. Such a gait may seem strange and artsy. The most common cause is Huntington's disease.
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