crowphoenix
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I was born with my feet facing backward. The docs had to break my ankles and reset them. Yeah, my feet point out some, but it doesn't hurt me at all.
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People who walk with feet pointing outwards
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MetalGuardian
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I used to walk like this a lot when I was younger. I usually stand with my feet pointing outwards too, it's just more comfortable
Also, I vote we now turn this into a foot fetish thread
Also, I vote we now turn this into a foot fetish thread
Master Milk
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So can you and bengraven do splits?Cereal KiIIer said:
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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This is going to be those things where I can never unsee it now isn't it? It's going to be blue and orange or Fedex arrow all over again.
Old Gimlet Eyes
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I have duck feet when i am standing but I don't really notice it when I am walking or running. It certainly has never bothered me with either of those activities. I can't quite put both feet all around like in that photo, just do one at a time like that. It's funny to try to point my knees/feet straight and try to do a squat, it's so much harder than it should be.
El Pescado
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I've got duck feet. >:[
I was born this way. There was nothing they could do besides attach a metal bar to my legs when I was a baby to try and pull them so they'd be straight, but my Mom thought it would be cruel.
It actually kinda hurts my knees if I try to walk with my feet pointed forward. :/
I can't turn both my feet backwards, but I can do one at a time no problem.
I was born this way. There was nothing they could do besides attach a metal bar to my legs when I was a baby to try and pull them so they'd be straight, but my Mom thought it would be cruel.
It actually kinda hurts my knees if I try to walk with my feet pointed forward. :/
I can't turn both my feet backwards, but I can do one at a time no problem.
ACESandEIGHTS
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I brought this up once in OT and seemed like there were really strong opinions about it.
Some peeps say it's a sign of a welcoming/cheerful/outgoing personality or something. I think it looks goofy as a mofo.
I decided to free my mind and now I think nothing of it. Well, sorta. But I'm over it.
Some peeps say it's a sign of a welcoming/cheerful/outgoing personality or something. I think it looks goofy as a mofo.
I decided to free my mind and now I think nothing of it. Well, sorta. But I'm over it.
Yeah, maybe once in a blue moon, typically when I'm tired and exhausted, I have to check myself.Garcia said:
It's the same with my posture. Had spinal surgery and long months of lying down and not doing much else means I've had a terrible slouch. One day my boss pointed it to me, physically readjusted me with his hands into the perfect posture and said "now do that, all the time, even if it hurts". Such a massive strain as essentially it was just slowly strengthening my back muscles by making them work all the time, but the payoff has been brilliant. It's now feels wrong to me to slouch. My posture is incredible and for the longest time people who didn't notice the actual change kept making comments about how I generally just looked more confident and strong in myself. Good posture does that, yo.
-Babyteks-
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crowphoenix said:
I don't know if this a joke but once I was in the metro and I saw a woman in pink tracksuit crawl inside and past me
As if that wasn't odd enough, when I looked down, I realised her entire lower body faced the other way, so although she was on all fours, I was looking down at her pelvis and knees pointing outwards.
I'm not someone who really reacts to oddities in other people, but my heart literally stopped beating for far too long when I saw that.
friskykillface
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I walk sorta that way, like half way out, not full blown out, feels good man.
kevo_huevo said:
No. That's a separate medical condition though it looks like the feet do point outward somewhat from that condition as well. What he's referring to is called 'out-toeing' I believe and as far as I'm aware it's most commonly caused by a rotational issue w/ hips being more "open" or some such.
I walk with my feet pointed out though not past 45 degrees. I assume it's something I got from my father since we both walk that way. Oddly enough in-toeing is more common.
parrotbeak
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I've never noticed or cared about that, but girls with pigeon toe are a turn off.
Seems like exercise and stretching would at least partially correct some of these conditions.
Seems like exercise and stretching would at least partially correct some of these conditions.
parrotbeak said:
It might affect the causes of some of the out-toeing/in-toeing but they're commonly caused by your bone structure so unless the cause was something like being overweight (which I'm not sure is a cause or not) it's unlikely exercise/stretching will affect the pointing. I know that when my mom asked about it when I was a kid they said they'd have to break some bones and reset them or something along those lines.
Megadragon15
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Is there an actual universal "normal" way to walk? If not (which is the case), who cares if a person walks with their feet pointed outwards.
Seraphinianus
Banned
I don't hate it as much as people who swerve all over the sidewalk.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
What's with all those people who move around sitting in those chairs with wheels on them? So lazy. Why not use your legs?
EYEL1NER
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There was a guy in tech school that was probably 6'4" or so, bald, had glasses, and walked like that. Looked goofy as hell.
It baffled us to no end, because in formation, that is how he marched too. Feet at 45 degree angles outward. Probably even more severely turned than 45 degrees. During PT, you know how he ran? With his feet pointing outward like that.
It was bizarre. We all wondered, "How the fuck did he make it out of basic training marching like that? When his flight was learning how to march, surely the TI's must have been tearing him apart every time they saw it...how did they let him get away with whatever ridiculous facing movements he probably does? They probably had him standing on his head stacking BB's all day!"
Why didn't you just say 'Cool question, bro' or something, since you obviously had nothing good to add and just wanted to shit up a thread?
It baffled us to no end, because in formation, that is how he marched too. Feet at 45 degree angles outward. Probably even more severely turned than 45 degrees. During PT, you know how he ran? With his feet pointing outward like that.
It was bizarre. We all wondered, "How the fuck did he make it out of basic training marching like that? When his flight was learning how to march, surely the TI's must have been tearing him apart every time they saw it...how did they let him get away with whatever ridiculous facing movements he probably does? They probably had him standing on his head stacking BB's all day!"
Well shit, 90% of the things people ask in OT could go in that thread.equap said:
Why didn't you just say 'Cool question, bro' or something, since you obviously had nothing good to add and just wanted to shit up a thread?
Goro Majima
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I notice smallish girls doing this more than anyone. Usually little thin ones too.
Maleficence
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First of all, the primary issue here is likely to be external (lateral) rotation at the hip, as your knee does not rotate much at all when the knee is straight. There's a number of reasons you could have this problem.
The most obvious would be a combination of muscle tightness and muscle weakness in the antagonist muscle group. A good strengthening and stretching regimen could help assist the biomechanics back to normal. Strengthen the internal rotaters and stretch out the external rotaters.
There could also be some physical changes to the bony structures of the involved joints (mainly looking at the hips and knees but at a stretch even ankles) that would lead to people adopting positions of ease causing issues like this, though over time this would lead to the above changes also so both would need to be corrected.
A slight amount of external rotation is actually completely normal. The shin should align with the 2nd toe in standing iirc.
/physio student
Edit - There seem to be a lot of people confusing this with an issue with flat footedness. Flat foot is an a foot issue and unless very severe is unlikely to have much of an effect on the rotation of the hip, therefore it's a seperate issue. If you have very flat feet, you will get over pronation of the foot, very high arches will lead to over supination (much less common). Over pronation can lead to some appearance of external rotation, but you can very much be over pronated and also have perfectly normal hip rotation and therefore your feet wont point outwards as much. Overpronation can lead to a valgus deformity at the knees, however this would lead to an internal rotation at the hip, not an external rotation.
I may have got some of this stuff wrong, I'm still studying
The most obvious would be a combination of muscle tightness and muscle weakness in the antagonist muscle group. A good strengthening and stretching regimen could help assist the biomechanics back to normal. Strengthen the internal rotaters and stretch out the external rotaters.
There could also be some physical changes to the bony structures of the involved joints (mainly looking at the hips and knees but at a stretch even ankles) that would lead to people adopting positions of ease causing issues like this, though over time this would lead to the above changes also so both would need to be corrected.
A slight amount of external rotation is actually completely normal. The shin should align with the 2nd toe in standing iirc.
/physio student
Edit - There seem to be a lot of people confusing this with an issue with flat footedness. Flat foot is an a foot issue and unless very severe is unlikely to have much of an effect on the rotation of the hip, therefore it's a seperate issue. If you have very flat feet, you will get over pronation of the foot, very high arches will lead to over supination (much less common). Over pronation can lead to some appearance of external rotation, but you can very much be over pronated and also have perfectly normal hip rotation and therefore your feet wont point outwards as much. Overpronation can lead to a valgus deformity at the knees, however this would lead to an internal rotation at the hip, not an external rotation.
I may have got some of this stuff wrong, I'm still studying
Silphonica
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Dude in my high school had his right foot fucked up by playing football. From that point on his right foot was constantly pointing near-90 degrees to the right. Looked weird.
However, some people are just more comfortable walking that way. I'm glad that's not me because i'd rather not walk like a penguin.
However, some people are just more comfortable walking that way. I'm glad that's not me because i'd rather not walk like a penguin.
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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I have to walk like that because my balls are so big. Haters : (
Ryu bogard
Member
I walk this way too it's seems normal to me nothing uncomfortable.
Fallen_Hero
Member
The irony!Kozak said:
I never seen anyone playing soccer etc. having this type of thing. Its mostly common with people who have crappy sports abilities. The ones i know who walk like that, are the ones who never practiced any sports or were any good at running etc. They might been okay, but never top notch.
AKA Genu Varum the opposite to Valgum.
AKA Genu Varum the opposite to Valgum.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Maleficence said:First of all, the primary issue here is likely to be external (lateral) rotation at the hip, as your knee does not rotate much at all when the knee is straight. There's a number of reasons you could have this problem.
The most obvious would be a combination of muscle tightness and muscle weakness in the antagonist muscle group. A good strengthening and stretching regimen could help assist the biomechanics back to normal. Strengthen the internal rotaters and stretch out the external rotaters.
There could also be some physical changes to the bony structures of the involved joints (mainly looking at the hips and knees but at a stretch even ankles) that would lead to people adopting positions of ease causing issues like this, though over time this would lead to the above changes also so both would need to be corrected.
A slight amount of external rotation is actually completely normal. The shin should align with the 2nd toe in standing iirc.
/physio student
Edit - There seem to be a lot of people confusing this with an issue with flat footedness. Flat foot is an a foot issue and unless very severe is unlikely to have much of an effect on the rotation of the hip, therefore it's a seperate issue. If you have very flat feet, you will get over pronation of the foot, very high arches will lead to over supination (much less common). Over pronation can lead to some appearance of external rotation, but you can very much be over pronated and also have perfectly normal hip rotation and therefore your feet wont point outwards as much. Overpronation can lead to a valgus deformity at the knees, however this would lead to an internal rotation at the hip, not an external rotation.
I may have got some of this stuff wrong, I'm still studying
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Doncamatic
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My dad has duck feet. When he runs they centre a bit, but still splay outwards. He has always been like that though ever since he was a kid. Didn't influence his sport playing ability.
RunWhiteBoyRun
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Due to many back and hip issues I walk that way. Other people notice it, I only notice when I'm walking in the snow.
I walk like this. Was just born this way. My feet are just crooked. It's bad enough that it is basically impossible for me to skate or ski. For skiing, it takes effort for me to french fry and it's incredibly uncomfortable for me to pizza. If I made my feet parallel and did a squat, my knees would touch. So I just can't do it.
For those that think only fatasses are like this, I'm only 190 lbs. A little overweight, but I doubt many would say that I'm a fatass.
For those that think only fatasses are like this, I'm only 190 lbs. A little overweight, but I doubt many would say that I'm a fatass.
Random related story:
was downtown with some friends over the summer and one of my friends walks like this slightly. Probably about a 35 degree angle. He was distanced from us a bit, and we saw the people behind him mimicking and laughing at his walk. Then, we all stopped at a crosswalk and he came back to us. We told him what those people were doing, so when the walk signal came he got in front of them and walked with is feet near 90 degrees and bobbing his entire body up and down. He got the whole group behind him to continue to laugh and mimic him, and then he suddenly stopped and turned around at all of them walking like him. Was hilarious.
was downtown with some friends over the summer and one of my friends walks like this slightly. Probably about a 35 degree angle. He was distanced from us a bit, and we saw the people behind him mimicking and laughing at his walk. Then, we all stopped at a crosswalk and he came back to us. We told him what those people were doing, so when the walk signal came he got in front of them and walked with is feet near 90 degrees and bobbing his entire body up and down. He got the whole group behind him to continue to laugh and mimic him, and then he suddenly stopped and turned around at all of them walking like him. Was hilarious.
Maleficence
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Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
At least you took notice
/sadface
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