How to Walk Up and Down Stairs. Top 10 Tips. Learn how to walk up and down stairs with perfect posture, less energy, and lower impact on your joints. Reduce knee pain that comes from walking up or down stairs incorrectly. Improve your balance. Learn how to walk up and down stairs more safely, especially as you get older, This is a shortened version of the video with some of the more technical analysis removed. If you want to see the full version, with additional core movement analysis, you can watch it here.
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Walking up and down stairs is a leading cause of injury. This is especially true of older adults, but can occur at any age. The earlier you learn how to walk stairs using your core properly, the more likely you are to be able to adapt your body memory to use the proper technique. Re-learning movement patterns gets harder as we age, so the sooner you get started, the better. Many people get knee pain from walking up stairs or walking down stairs. This is a sign of incorrect technique. The tips in this video can help reduce pain when walking up or down stairs. If you find these tips helpful, but want more detail on the techniques, click the link above to see the full version. This video will give you the basic ideas you should be striving for.
00:00 Introduction
01:20 Vertical Posture
02:35 Find Your Balanced Position
03:37 Push Up Going Up Stairs
05:46 Push Down Going Down Stairs
07:01 Place with the Ball Going Down Stairs
08:15 Settle the Weight
08:53 Place the Flat of the Foot Going Up Stairs
09:28 Use the Handrail for Safety
10:29 Use Proper Footwear
10:59 Use Stairs for Exercise
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