Walking is one of the good aerobic exercises for health. Walking exercise is also effective when done with the correct posture.

Good posture includes: ·Gazing about 15 to 20 meters ahead ·Keeping the upper body straight and gently pulling the chin toward the chest ·Lightly clenching both fists and naturally bending the arms, swinging them forward about 15 degrees and backward about 20 degrees ·Both feet should form an '11' shape, with a stride length calculated by subtracting 100 cm from your height ·When walking, the central part of the heel should touch the ground first, then the entire sole should make contact before shifting the weight to the toes.

To walk with this correct posture, the body movements must go through a complex and intricate process. Having healthy feet alone does not enable you to walk. Many parts from the head to the toes influence walking.

Therefore, walking posture contains clues that can gauge health status. Not only the walking posture but also stride length and speed can be used to infer health conditions. Based on sources such as the American health and medical media 'WebMD,' we explored how health can be assessed through gait.

 

"Staggering" = Limping while walking with a leg extended could be caused by an injury. If there is no specific injury, conditions such as osteoarthritis could be the reason for the uneven gait. If you usually use one leg more than the other or if only one leg's strength frequently weakens, you should suspect the presence of arthritis.

 

"Walking too slowly" = If your walking speed has slowed down compared to before, it could mean your health has deteriorated. Not only physical health but also mental health can cause a slowdown. There is research suggesting that it could be a characteristic indicating the prediction of Alzheimer's disease.

 

"Leaning to the left while walking" = People who have many worries or high psychological anxiety tend to lean to the left when walking. This is based on the results of an experiment where participants walked while blindfolded. It is analyzed as a phenomenon that occurs because the right side of the brain, which is heavily involved in processing mental stress, becomes relatively less attentive to walking.

 

"Staggering" = This is a gait commonly seen in intoxicated individuals. However, in cases of alcohol addiction, a person may stagger even when not drinking. This occurs when there is a decline in strength or loss of sense of direction, causing them to stumble or sway even without alcohol. Such individuals need to reduce their alcohol intake gradually to regain normal walking.

 

"Walking while swaying back and forth" = If your body sways back and forth while walking, alcohol addiction may not be the cause. It could indicate an abnormality in the brain, so it is advisable to undergo a hospital examination. This is especially important for athletes. Athletes involved in contact sports, which involve a lot of physical contact with other players, are more likely to experience such symptoms.

"Dragging along while walking" = If the walking speed is slow, dragging the feet, and the person is over 60 years old... it could mean that the brain is not properly sending the 'move' message to the leg muscles. Walking with a hunched posture, little arm movement, and dragging the feet slowly is also called 'Parkinson's gait,' which is quite common among people with Parkinson's disease.

 

"Walking quietly on tiptoes" = Young children who are still learning to walk may walk on their tiptoes. This is because they are in the stage of learning to walk upright. However, if a person who should be walking normally is walking on their tiptoes, it may indicate a health problem.

 

It could be that the Achilles tendon is so short that the heel has difficulty touching the ground, or it could be due to conditions like cerebral palsy or muscle atrophy, which make it difficult to use muscles properly. This is also one of the symptoms that can be observed in children with autism spectrum disorder.

 

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Although it is information about muscle atrophy,

Whether I am walking straight when I walk

I think I need to see it once.