Having a high steppage stride, or an exaggerated step to pull your foot off the ground, is clearly not natural, but it can become second nature for people over time. Perhaps it's a recent shift you've had to adjust to, or perhaps it's something you've been doing since you can remember.
People who don't have a high steppage stride can assume that your walking pattern is the cause of this kind of walking. High steppage gait, however, is only one sign of a problem termed drop foot, which is actually a sign of a worse problem.
At the ChiroSolutions Center in Virginia Beach, VA, we commonly see patients who walk with a high degree of steppage but don't give it much thought. More issues than you might imagine could be resolved by looking into this excessive movement and fixing its underlying source.
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