Modern medicine claims: human gait – it is unspeakably more than just a way of moving, rearranging limbs with the help of muscles. Looking at the gait, you can learn a lot about a person's health. If there are any health problems, then our tread can simply change dramatically.
And we often may not even notice these changes. Often a person completely unconsciously tries to hide his ill health from others. So, what does our walk tell about?
Peculiarities of human gait in various diseases
Limping
Common callus can cause a person to transfer body weight to only one limb.
However, the roughened layer of the skin may not be the only reason for this. Similarly, arthritis of the hip, foot or knee often makes itself felt – and then we unconsciously try to protect the unhealthy joint from any load. At the same time, we are not even aware that the gait has changed.
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Walk like a penguin
Such a gait in a person indicates a pinched lumbar nerve. When the latter is compressed, the signaling to the gluteal muscles is significantly impaired. Then there is such a waddling, characteristic of penguin walking.
Sailor's Gait
If, when walking, you shake or, as they say, stormy, like a sailor staying on land, you should check the cerebellum. Since this part of the brain controls the indicators of movement, i.e., is responsible for coordination.
Staggering gait
Such an elaborate stance of the legs when walking raises the suspicion that a person develops multiple sclerosis, which is a serious neurological pathology: the protective nerve sheaths of the spinal cord and brain are destroyed. Provided, of course, that this defeat is not a consequence of overexertion during sports or a car accident. But still inelastic and weak muscles, which are "guilty" in the origin of the weaving gait – this is a clear sign of ill health.
Leg dragging
The cause of such a gait may be problems with the peroneal nerve. It becomes difficult for a person to raise the toe of the foot. It happens that in order to compensate for the lack of mobility, you have to raise your knees a little higher.
Psychological features of gait
It is very important to react quickly to such metamorphoses when walking in the elderly, because with the development of dementia, brain functions weaken, which affect both the person's mental abilities and motor activity. By the way, changes in gait can occur much earlier than the appearance of memory lapses. Therefore, in this case, early diagnosis and timely initiation of treatment are so important: these actions will help to significantly slow down the development of the disease.
Other "signals" that our gait gives
The fact that a person is worried about pain in the spine will tell "wooden gait".
Walking, as if on prostheses, indicates damage to the joints.
Somewhat uncertain, as if by touch, gait speaks of autonomic dysfunction.
Overly straight posture during movement, as well as such a feature as tilting the whole torso – evidence that a person has a chronic inflammatory disease of the joints and spine, better known as ankylosing spondylitis.
If a person has problems with the neck (osteochondrosis or myositis), he "carries" head like a fragile vase.
As you can see, the gait of a person – this is actually an open medical record, you just need to learn how to read it, as well as correctly and in a timely manner to respond to the “read”.
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