This Walking Code video is both a practice exercise and technique discussion, detailing each of the three functional phases of a step. Visit my website: https://www.movementsphere.com/todd-martin-md
This will help train your core to step fluidly, step lightly, and step with more conscious control of your body. I use a pillar in this video to support the weight of the body as it moves through each phase of gait. This allows us to stop in place and analyze each of the muscles that is working as well as strengthen those muscles.
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Core Technique Review:
To learn more about the Core Techniques, go to the Core Technique Playlist on the channel and see each one detailed so you can understand how the three elements of the core function in each Core Technique and also learn the specific actions of the knee and ankle muscles which accompany each Core Technique. The Core Technique describe the fundamental patterns of core movement that are used all the time to move the body while maintaining vertical posture. There are 8 Core Techniques, derived from Tai Chi Theory, and learning them will help you to move more fluidly, more consciously, and with less impact on your joints.
Change of Weight. Core Technique: Set
Hip: Flexion of the active hip
Upper Torso: Turns toward the active hip
Lower Torso: Turns away from the active hip
Knee: Flexes on the side opposite the active hip
Ankle: Plantarflexes on the side opposite the active hip
Swing Through. Core Technique: Lift
Hip: Flexion of the active hip
Upper Torso: Turns away from the active hip
Lower Torso: Turns toward the active hip
Knee: Extension on the side of the active hip
Ankle: Dorsiflexion on the side of the active hip
Initial Heel Contact/Rear Heel Lift. Core Technique: Retreat
Hip: Flexion of the active hip
Upper Torso: Turns toward the active hip
Lower Torso: Turns toward the active hip
Knee: Extension on the side of the active hip
Ankle: Plantarflexion on the side of the active hip
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