Originally posted by CoconutIt depends. You can limp because one leg is shorter than the other (not by much, most likely) or you can limp because the foot or leg hurts to step on.
What is a limp? Obviously I know what it looks like, but is it a limp because it's painful to step on the foot normally? Or is a limp something physically wrong that MAKES you walk that way? Or is it both?
Originally posted by CoconutAre you calling me Quasimodo???
What is a limp? Obviously I know what it looks like, but is it a limp because it's painful to step on the foot normally? Or is a limp something physically wrong that MAKES you walk that way? Or is it both?
It's the pain, in my case. Like Jesus carried a cross, I carry the weight of your sins in the pain in my foot.
In the paralytic type one or more muscles are weakened by disease (e.g. poliomyelitis) or injury (e.g. to a nerve supplying a muscle). For example, if the muscle, that moves the leg away from the body (the abductors of the hip) are weak when the patient stands on that side his body tends to fall to the opposite side. To prevent this, he has to move his trunk over the weakened hip producing a chara ...[text shortened]... e phase of the opposite normal leg is prolonged while it waits for the weak leg to "catch up".[/b]Good description of my walk! I'm constantly stubbing my toes under my foot on thick carpet.. you know how stupid you feel when you tell someone you stubbed your toe on the carpet??
Originally posted by Sicilian SmaugYeah, okay. I'll pretend I understand that.
Well speaking from my experience as a bone doctor at Wycombe General Hospital I can say that there are three basic limps: paralytic, antalgic (i.e. anti-pain) and short leg.
In the paralytic type one or more muscles are weakened by disease (e.g. poliomyelitis) or injury (e.g. to a nerve supplying a muscle). For example, if the muscle, that moves th ...[text shortened]... or more cms.). There is no alteration in the rhythm of gait.
Hope this helps you understand.
