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Some simple advice - try it!

Some simple advice - try it!

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Here’s a little tip I got recently that is worth passing on.

My wife and I went to see a biokineticist (spelling??) recently and she immediately asked us to show her how we walked. So, a little embarrassed we strolled up and down her office. She then told us that we walked all wrongly and that could be a part of our problem!

“Don’t walk flat on your feet, but start with your heel and roll down to the toes. Then pull in your belly-button to touch your spine and swing your arms!” This apparently draws more oxygen into your lungs and makes you feel better.

We did that and immediately felt the difference! Try it for yourself!

It appears that you can’t walk jauntily and feel depressed at the same time!

In good health,

CJ

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Originally posted by CalJust
It appears that you can’t walk jauntily and feel depressed at the same time!
Yeah, now you just look silly πŸ™‚

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heel first and then shifting/rolling forward is also how it's done when practicing tai chi.

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I have to agree, CalJust.

People do not know how to walk or breathe properly as well.

Maybe that's why there are so many people with crappy attitudes.

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I tried this and I realised that this is how I walk normally, so I'm feeling smug today πŸ™‚

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here is my tip .... based simply on my own BLAAAH ...

sometimes walk flat footed like a ninja,
sometimes roll from heel to toe,
sometimes tiptoe,
sometimes run,
sometimes crawl,
sometimes jump,
sometimes roll;

never: always do ......

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Originally posted by flexmore
here is my tip .... based simply on my own BLAAAH ...

sometimes walk flat footed like a ninja,
sometimes roll from heel to toe,
sometimes tiptoe,
sometimes run,
sometimes crawl,
sometimes jump,
sometimes roll;

never: always do ......
why is it ok to 'never...' but not to 'always...'?

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Originally posted by CalJust
Here’s a little tip I got recently that is worth passing on.

My wife and I went to see a biokineticist (spelling??) recently and she immediately asked us to show her how we walked. So, a little embarrassed we strolled up and down her office. She then told us that we walked all wrongly and that could be a part of our problem!

“Don’t walk flat on ...[text shortened]... pears that you can’t walk jauntily and feel depressed at the same time!

In good health,

CJ
it took me a while to pull in my belly-button to touch my spine, but i finally managed it. now i don't need a biokineticist, i need a chiropractor!

exactly what was the problem you went to the biokineticist about? general lack of energy or something?

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Originally posted by CalJust
“Don’t walk flat on your feet, but start with your heel and roll down to the toes. Then pull in your belly-button to touch your spine and swing your arms!” This apparently draws more oxygen into your lungs and makes you feel better.
I watched a tv show where a holistic therapist treated a terrible asthma sufferer. The therapist gave the sufferer breathing excercises, because the sufferer was actually breathing too much by breathing through her mouth the whole time. By doing her exercises every morning for a couple of weeks, she got down from 14+ swigs of the inhaler daily to 0.

Pretty much the opposite of what your therapist said.

D

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I could swear I posted in this thread yesterday.....πŸ˜•

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