Yup. Since this one is going around the physio coffee breaks atm I figured I may as well share it here.
When I was a young kid I thought the Velociraptor from Jurassic Park was the coolest shit. That clip, where you see under the kitchen bits with the feet? The coolest shit.
So, I literally started walking on the balls of my feet to emulate that as I thought it was cool. Like, I wasn't going around in faux-heels in public or anything but I had a lot of spare time growing up in rural England as a pretty introverted only child with an overactive imagination.
Anyway, fast-forward to me now being 30 and having knee problems and never having thought about a raptor much since those dumb days as a kid. So I go to the physio and the woman there asks me why I walk mainly on the balls of my feet when I tread instead of the heel. I'm like "huh?" but sure enough as soon as I'm on an incline or step, balls of the feet, feet arched and heel raised up. Like it's subtle but when you slow the pace down you can notice it when I step as my heel often barely hits the floor, just lightly brushing it.
I could go back and slap the VHS right out of the box.
It's nothing that can't be fixed with a few months of physio but I legitimately can't believe I've got to do this because I wanted to walk like a raptor as a kid.
edit: I didn't know there were so many other raptors on this forum. I should note that the walking style exacerbates/irritates/provokes some other issue I have. Both can be sorted by following the exercises for a few months it seems, and there's no longer-term damage. Just when the two currently collide they're a doozy if you're out and about.
When I was a young kid I thought the Velociraptor from Jurassic Park was the coolest shit. That clip, where you see under the kitchen bits with the feet? The coolest shit.
So, I literally started walking on the balls of my feet to emulate that as I thought it was cool. Like, I wasn't going around in faux-heels in public or anything but I had a lot of spare time growing up in rural England as a pretty introverted only child with an overactive imagination.
Anyway, fast-forward to me now being 30 and having knee problems and never having thought about a raptor much since those dumb days as a kid. So I go to the physio and the woman there asks me why I walk mainly on the balls of my feet when I tread instead of the heel. I'm like "huh?" but sure enough as soon as I'm on an incline or step, balls of the feet, feet arched and heel raised up. Like it's subtle but when you slow the pace down you can notice it when I step as my heel often barely hits the floor, just lightly brushing it.
I could go back and slap the VHS right out of the box.
It's nothing that can't be fixed with a few months of physio but I legitimately can't believe I've got to do this because I wanted to walk like a raptor as a kid.
edit: I didn't know there were so many other raptors on this forum. I should note that the walking style exacerbates/irritates/provokes some other issue I have. Both can be sorted by following the exercises for a few months it seems, and there's no longer-term damage. Just when the two currently collide they're a doozy if you're out and about.
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