Are you interested in gait training, a form of physical therapy that aims to improve walking abilities and address various problems in the back, thighs, legs, ankles, and feet through targeted exercises and evaluations?
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Gait examination involves visually analyzing walking problems and observing the interaction of the low back and joints of the thighs, legs, and feet during different stages of walking.
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Subtle gait abnormalities can contribute to or manifest as back, thigh, leg, ankle, and foot problems.
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Gait training aims to retrain patients to improve their ability to walk closer to normal.
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Gait training may include stretching, strengthening, endurance exercises, balance exercises, visual/video training with feedback, verbal cues for walking pattern improvement, and training on different surfaces.
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Various patient populations can benefit from gait training, including post-surgical hip, knee, ankle, and foot patients, post-fracture patients, post-surgical spine surgery patients, patients with joint injuries, patients with spinal cord injuries, vestibular/vertigo patients, neurologically involved patients, patients at risk for falls, stroke patients, and many others.
