Ministry of funny walks

I tend to putting too much weight on the front of my feet. So, uneven weight distribution and digging my toes down to keep my balance. Have to consciously remember to walk "flat" not leaning forward. I also have to use arch supports or my feet roll inwards apparently called "excess pronation". 

So that’s thing - I walk on the front of my feet when I’m relaxed and not thinking about it and it works very efficiently for me.

It’s when I try to walk “normally” that I get pain.

So that’s thing - I walk on the front of my feet when I’m relaxed and not thinking about it and it works very efficiently for me.

It’s when I try to walk “normally” that I get pain.

I had orthopaedic insoles for a few years around the age of 12-14.They got 'lost' a lot at Felsted.Proved too expensive to keep being replaced.

yep - all connected one way or another :-)

It all began walking to school when I was around 12 years old. Not a good time for me and desperately trying to fit in (and failing).

So many of our problems aren’t inherent - they’re a consequence of something else (in this case, teenagers being little monsters).

Maybe the people who walk "normally" are in pain and just don't register it?

There was a cruel joke that in medical notes years ago:  "NFN" was written meaning "normal for Norfolk "NFNN" meaning normal for north Norfolk  I am proud to say that Norfolk is my county of birth!  Normal in the mathematical sense is just the most of somethings when they are all lined up.  Natural variation occurs - tuning in to what is normal for one and whether it can be tinkered with to greater satisfaction or not can create a "new normal" maybe :-)  Pain is a message about the problem not necessarily the problem itself.  How one interprets it and responds to it is often more flexible than our prior experience may suggest.  Us autistic people are good at thinking outside the box - maybe apply it to how you think about moving too?

I always get extra insoles for shoes, arch supports, gel padding etc. I get sciatica and hip pain so maybe I'm not a good person to opine on "correct" walking postures though! The insoles help though.