How to Walk-Is the Core a Just a Passenger or is it the Driver

How to Walk: Is the Core Just a Passenger or is it the Driver. The most up-to- date text books on walking technique refer to the HAT (Head, Trunk, and Arms) as the passenger unit because they "do not directly contribute to the act of walking." This is completely ridiculous, but it passes for the state-of-the-science. I believe this is why so many people on YouTube are putting out their own theories on how to walk. If science is clearly incorrect, and in this case it is, it leaves the door open for rampant speculation on alternative theories for how to walk. These include the idea that we should walk with our forefeet first, or we should turn the feet out when walking on flat ground or going up and down stairs. Many YouTube instructors are recommending a dramatic lean forward at the waist when walking up stairs. Other people recommend we should have a significant up and down bounce. Another recommends the feet should be moving side to side like a snake. All of these recommendation fly in the face of what we know about waking technique from the "science", but if you can't trust the science to be correct about the use of the core, it could be incorrect about anything, and how do you judge.

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In this video, I am going to discuss why the core is not a passenger. Not only does the core (trunk) play a direct role in the act of walking, it plays the central role. The core determines how you walk, what direction you walk, how fast your walk, and precisely what your arms and legs do when you walk. If you use the core incorrectly, you walking technique will be incorrect, and your posture will also be incorrect. This is very harmful for the health of the back, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. Incorrect torso use can lead to duck feet, posterior pelvic tilt, leaning forward, heavy heel strike, and a host of other harmful walking problems.

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