Toe walking?

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I toe-walk unless I think not to. I'm 34 and have done it for as long as I can remember. I have beautiful, perfectly formed feet, too.

I've always walked on my toes. My parents thought it was the worst thing in the world, and that I was broken.

i'm only a part-time toe walker, but relate to the "odd feet" thing. i tend to walk with the toes pointed out and must walk a little on the sides, because that's where my shoes always wear out. my feet are a mess.

Never ever done it myself. I also have what used to be called hypermobility syndrome and is now encompassed in the Ehlers-Danlos group of syndromes - my feet are COMPLETELY flat and have been since birth due to my ligaments and tendons being too lax, I couldn't physically walk on my toes even if I wanted to. I became aware in my early teenage years that I actually waddled like a duck with my feet pointing out to the sides, and made an effort to improve my gait - and it did improve a lot with a bit of effort.

These days I can't walk far at all because of my ligament and joint problems, toe walking is definitely not on my agenda, walking any way I can and for as long as my joints allow is a bonus - at least I have now got past worrying about how it looks to others, getting from one place to another (or just down the stairs) is my main priority.

Mario??



I only walked that way for a few months because I saw another kid at my school doing it and admired his "dog-walk". (Because I wanted to be a dog when I was a kid.)

That's funny, reading this I thought, oh, I've never done that (with the food that is), but then it hit me that as a kid I always ate what was laid on the bread first and then the bread afterwards. I first stopped in 4th grade I think (and of course the others in the class thought it was weird).

I can't believe I keep on finding new aspie traits in myself, I thought I had found them all.

And yes, I also toewalked as a kid.

I have walked on my toes for as long as I can remember...it altered the way my feet developed. My Achilles tendons are not all that short...but my heels are very narrow and delicate and my toe area is very wide...my toes are very flexible and widely spaced and I can pick stuff up with them and sorta draw with them...with practice...
Growing up, my feet caused me a lot of pain and I was really clumsy....As an adult...they do not bother me as much.


I never did the food thing though...


My toe-walking is one of the things that first clued me in that perhaps I was on the spectrum...after reading up on it and that it was common among people who were....although it has been said that there are people who are not on the spectrum who walk on their toes as well.

I used to walk on my toes when I was a kid, actually it's the only way I used to walk until I was about 11/12. I do it now when walking up the stairs or on a cold wet floor. My brother walks on his toes too (if you're wondering, he's on the borderline of the spec) and my mum hates it for some reason and he had a cast on his leg for a few weeks at the age of 5 to straighten his feet up, I didn't like it because it's forcing his feet in a certian position. It did work for a bit but he toe walked again and my mum treats it like the end of the world, same when I used to toe walk only I didn't have a cast.

I don't think anyone else has ever noticed that I toe walk...perhaps it's because I always wear baggy pants, and my feet are hidden beneath them.

I used to do this a lot up util I was about 10 years old and then I stopped. Walking on my toes as frequently as I did has now permanently deformed my toes in that they curl under. They are a little straighter than they were about 10 years ago and they no longer cause me pain but they will never be straight again, so be warned people.

I do it a lot too. My brother noticed it one day, and told me that it's good for balance.

Hah, used to do the same thing when I ran, though not the "seating position." Silently, and quickly, like a cat as you said.

Toe walking, well, I wouldn't consider myself so agile. For some reason walking and running are two completely different things for me. (Think Ozzy Osbourne's singing voice compared to his talking voice-how's that for stark contrast?). Friends could recognize me without even being able to "see" me, just by the way I walked...

I did 100% of the time, until joining the service, at which time, it was pointed out to me how differently I stood out of the crowd, though there were a couple of us who did it unconsciously. The drill sergeants would exaggerate my walk in front everybody, then come talk to me about it in private, then do it again in public.

After all that and still today I do not noticeably toewalk with my shoes on very much, however without shoes, I'm on my toes. Over the years this has caused severe bone spurs on the heels. Under X-Ray, the heel bone is supposed to be shaped like a fist, mine is shaped like an elongated bird's head and beak.

The surgeon said it was from toe walking. Something I thought that I had gotten over, but he showed me that standing in a regular position, and walking across the office floor, my heels barely touch the ground at all. So what has happened over the years, is that I have learned to hide it. My shoes never wear at the heels, always at the ball of my feet.

I don't walk on my toes, but I do tend to bounce on the balls of my feet a lot, and if I'm hyper or bored I tend to rear up on the balls of my feet when I walk.

i do that sometimes, not habitually though.

though is it so different to walk normally but bring the weight down first on the front of your foot rather than the heel?
i notice that my brother sets his foot down to the ground while stepping heel-first and it alwasy bothers me because he seems to have a complete inability to walk quietly like i do because of it and he's NT.