Top 10 Tips for Walking Stairs with Todd Martin MD

Top 10 Tips for walking up and down stairs with Todd Martin MD. This tutorial shows the most important tips for walking up and down stairs safely and without pain. Learn how to keep your knees aligned over your ankles to prevent foot, ankle, and knee strain. Learn how to keep your spine and pelvis properly aligned. Learn proper foot positioning.

Walking up and down stairs is a necessary and beneficial part of life, but many people develop pain when doing it, especially in the knees. This is a result of improper technique which puts the joints out of their correct anatomical alignment. Incorrect alignment increases friction and wear and tear which can lead to short term or long term pain and structural damage. Walking up stairs incorrectly also takes a lot of effort. We can improve all of this with some simple tips and understanding how to move from the core.

The Walking Code is one branch of the movement system created by Todd Martin MD, combining knowledge from medicine, dance, and Tai Chi theory to help people understand precisely how to control whole body movement, beginning in the mind and flowing through the core to the legs and arms. If you learn the principles of the Walking Code, you will be able to enhance your performance of any activity and flow smoothly and with improved confidence.

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00:00 Introduction
01:06 Vertical Posture
01:45 Proper Knee Alignment
04:50 Knee not Past the Toes
05:53 Push Forward then Push Up
07:22 Place the Midfoot Going Up
08:44 Place on the Ball Going Down
10:15 Feet Facing Forward
10:56 Use the Hand Rails
12:15 Proper Arm Swing
12:30 Stairs for Exercise

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