Re: Trendelenburg gait Re: Re: Planter fascitis and Gait terms: anyone know what this means?

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Hi,

All this " gait talk " reminded me about a funny experience I had in

NYC after the Winston-Salem conference. I was out shopping and came

outside one of the shoe stores, I think it was the athlete's foot. On

the sidewalk was a lady with a computer. They had a campaign where

they computer analyzed people's feet so they could tell them which

shoes they should go for and also they would recommend insoles. So I

got out of my chair and on to that thingie. The woman's cheek dropped

while she was looking at the screen. She looked at me and sort of

measured me up and down and said " I am glad you have that thing

(nodding her head against my wheelchair). I don't think we have any

shoes that can help you...This is not good at all... " It was so

comic... You should have seen her face... She proceeded to give me a

print-out of the screen to take home... LOL

Aase Marit

>I have a positive Trendelenburg gait sign too, although I couldn't

>tell you whether it's developed or has been there all along. I know I

>have a tilted pelvis, hip dysplasia and rotaionaly deformities of my

>leg bones too so that could be part of it I guess. I don't really

>know much about the Trendelenburg as yet but I'm hoping that during

>my week or so's stay down in Leeds General with Prof Bird it will be

>properly assessed by PT and podiatry consults. I'll let you know

>what, if anything I find out!

>

>I'm an EDS variant with Marfanoid factors by the way.