15 Things Your Walk Reveals About Your Health

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Walk into an exam room and a trained eye can tell a lot about you in seconds: Your stride, gait, pace, and posture while walking can reveal surprising information about your overall health and well-being.

Walking clue #1: A snail's pace

May reveal: Shorter life expectancy

Walking clue #2: Not too much arm swing

May reveal: Lower back trouble

Walking clue #3: One foot slaps the ground

May reveal: Ruptured disk in back, possible stroke

Walking clue #4: A confident stride (in a woman)

May reveal: Sexual satisfaction

Walking clue #5: A short stride

May reveal: Knee or hip degeneration

Walking clue #6: Dropping the pelvis or shoulder to one side

May reveal: A back problem

Walking clue #7: Bowlegged stride

May reveal: Osteoarthritis

Walking clue #8: Knock-kneed appearance

May reveal: Rheumatoid arthritis

Walking clue #9: A shortened stride on turns and when maneuvering around things

May reveal: Poor physical condition

Walking clue #10: A flat step without much lift

May reveal: Flat feet, bunions, neuromas

Walking clue #11: Shuffling

May reveal: Parkinson's disease

Walking clue #12: Walking on tiptoes, both feet

May reveal: Cerebral palsy or spinal cord trauma

Walking clue #13: Walking on tiptoes, one foot

May reveal: Stroke

Walking clue #14: A bouncing gait

May reveal: Unusually tight calf muscles

Walking clue #15: One higher arch and/or a pelvis that dips slightly

May reveal: One leg is shorter than the other