Heel or toe walker - are they both odd ways of walking?

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The foot specialist saw me yesterday . I told her I had a sore right sole . She said I'm a heel walker . I'd never heard of that before.

Neither have I: did she specify what is meant by the term?

I know I get soreness on my heels and large amounts of calloused skin there (I used to slice it off with scissors and puncture the blisters underneath, but Mrs K has informed me that’s not the done thing and introduced me to a pumice stone).
Never been told I was walking in an odd way though...

She didn't specify . I have a high instep and flat feet apparently . Years ago I had insoles specially made for my shoes.The headmaster's wife at the prep school I went to had me doing exercises . I stopped having the insoles around the age of 15 because they kept getting lost at the public school I went to , and were expensive to replace . It was undoubtedly boys who thought it OK to bully me that took the insoles . Both my youngest stepdaughter and my late wife have commented on my gait. That it's not exactly normal.

She did say I needed something to cushion my feet from what she says is a hard floor . Unless I'm going out I don't wear shoes . She suggested sandals that are like boots(or something like that) . It went in one ear and out the other! S/daughter is going to phone her .

Mine have been less painful since I took to wearing crocs round the house.
I also started rubbing them with body shop hemp foot protector after bathing at the same time.

https://www.birkenstock.com/gb/men/

Birkenstocks saved my life and my feet. They shape to your foot like butter.

I'm always barefoot in my house but if I slip them on to pop outside now and then they fix any pain, and the relief lasts for weeks. They're like a "reset" for me.

I've used custom orthotics but they are difficult to fit inside most footwear, and like you said they're very expensive. I don't find them anywhere near as comfortable my Berks.

I've had the same pair for 11 years and they're still in perfect shape.