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03 May 2007, 3:48 am

Used to get what I called when a kid "leg aches" the parents thought them just due to growing pains. Myabe there were, but now I'm wondering, seeing a few leg achers in this thread. Parents would spend many hours rubbing my legs, wow, I had forgotten those and the pain till just now.


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03 May 2007, 5:09 am

Used to walk on my toes when I was a kid - at least to about six. Not so much now, but I sometimes have a little trouble walking in winter because of hyper-tight ligaments in the backs of my legs. (Which I had since I was a baby.)

Another interesting question: What excuses did you use for toe-walking. One of mine was, "I'm pretending to wear high-heels."


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03 May 2007, 11:42 am

I once made up some outlandish tale about having been in ballet.

Some people thought I did it because I wanted to be taller...



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03 May 2007, 11:44 am

I used to walk on the balls of my feet. I used to also walk on my heels backwards.



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03 May 2007, 12:09 pm

My favorite shoes are a slip on sandal with a heal, they feed the urge.



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03 May 2007, 12:25 pm

I like shoes that don't crack down the middle eventually because of the way I walk.
When I was a kid and i'd get new shoes, I would always get excited and claim that THESE were the shoes that were gonna make me stop toe-walking...(never did) I even took to wearing ugly orthopedic nightmares just for fun...

now all I wear is crocs.



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03 May 2007, 2:21 pm

Toe walking is good, especially when in socks.

Question: were Neanderthals digitigrade?


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03 May 2007, 4:22 pm

I was more a heel walker than a toe walker(I have flat feet).
I still get leg cramps and "charlie-horses", they hurt like hell.
Nutbag wrote:
Question: were Neanderthals digitigrade?

Were Neanderthals digiti-what????



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03 May 2007, 4:31 pm

richie wrote:
I was more a heel walker than a toe walker(I have flat feet).
I still get leg cramps and "charlie-horses", they hurt like hell.
Nutbag wrote:
Question: were Neanderthals digitigrade?

Were Neanderthals digiti-what????

They walk on their toes.

I doubt it.



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03 May 2007, 5:17 pm

I still get "charlie-horses" from time to time, and will be 31 next september. :|



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03 May 2007, 5:38 pm

i used to get terrible leg pains growing up.... would sit and scream all night... they lasted several years, i recall... not every night though

never associated it with AS or anything. i did walk on my toes a bit, but i don't really know whether it was anything out of the ordinary.

i still do... when i pace while waiting or something... but i'm still not sure about whether i do that any moreso than what is considered ordinary...

though... something funny i catch myself doing a lot:

i saw at a behavioral neuroscience seminar, something that caught my eye and made me wonder about myself... apparently, mice have a natural exploratory behavior before their eyes open ( or just after, i forget) where they post on one of their back legs and use their forelegs to kind of pivot about and spatial orientation while they explore their environment. they dont really move far cause the behavior is really restricted to just this kind of circular movement... pivoting...

i do this EXACTLY.... i almost started crying when i saw that mouse doing it... whenever i'm bored and having to wiat on something, i'll plant my right foot down and just kinda pivot around it and this is how i "pace"...

maybe im just weird


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03 May 2007, 6:55 pm

I don't think your wierd...

When bored or waiting for something, I often go onto balls/toes (whichever you prefer for the pedants amongst us) and I guess bounce on them. I always go up stairs on balls, and having being thinking abou tthis watched others, they seem to go up stair flatfooted...

When you think about it though, it makes much more sense to walk on the balls of your feet!
Dogs and cats do it, admittedly they have evolved different bone structure, but still. In that position you are better prepared for 'fight or flight' kind of responses and can most likely react more efficently to things occuring around you.



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03 May 2007, 7:02 pm

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I do it when stalking prey.




:lol:


Only time I have noticed is walking without shoes across non-carpet....it is quiter?At least that is my current theory.


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03 May 2007, 7:38 pm

I find that when I falk on flat feet, I am very clumsy and I stomp loudly or shuffle my fet.
I am much more graceful on my toes.



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03 May 2007, 7:54 pm

I just remembered.....I totally dance on my toes..... 8O I had forgotten about this("cause I dont dance anymore)but people use to say I looked like I was dancing for a Pow-wow.


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03 May 2007, 10:38 pm

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Your mother got upset, so you actually walked on your TOES, and not the ball of the foot? If you DID merely walk on the ball, how did she even notice?

Steve


Well, I suppose you could say on the balls of my feet and toes. But she definately noticed! She would tell us to quit tiptoeing around and walk like a "normal" person!!