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Neuropathy | Last Active: Mar 6 4:20pm | Replies (35)
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@brotherchuckles80

Hi Ray.
I want to encourage you about he PT and gait coaching. My PT has shown me the importance of walking properly, for example. She noticed that because of my drop foot, I was not walking heel toe but bending my knee and being flat footed. She urged me to concentrate on heel toe because if I continued flatfooted, I would have negatively affected my knee and hip. It all works together.
God bless you on your journey. Charles

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Ray Kemble | @ray666 | Mar 2 9:01am

Hi, Charles

There's bushels of wisdom in what you say. I have severely flat feet. They've been that way since childhood. As a near-lifetime long-distance runner, I was fitted for orthotics way, way back in the 1980s (about the same time the telephone was invented). I wear my orthotics whenever I'm wearing shoes. But I can tell––whether I'm sock-footed (as I am now), or wearing shoes––I'm walking out-toed and while severely supinating––as you correctly say: terrible for knees and hips. I definitely would benefit from some corrective gait coaching!

Cheers!
Ray

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