Aspies move a certain way

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12 Oct 2008, 4:13 am

I probably walk funny, I'm often uncomfortable in social situations so my posture will be stiff.

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12 Oct 2008, 6:19 am

when i was born i came out with a really dodgy lower half and i was fully braced up from the waist down from not long after birth until just after i turned 1. none of my limbs or joints were straight or matched up so the docs had to try and sort it out. i dont have a really bad limp or a really funny walk or anything (quite suprising really!) but i do walk with a tiny bit of a limp but there could be many reasons, these being:
im an aspie,
my medical probs as a baby,
my dad was born with club foot, and so was his dad.

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12 Oct 2008, 7:57 am

lol i have a slight limp...and i get alot of stiffness in my back...im also told im always told i am stressed and have something called knots or nots in my neck/upper back...does anyone know what knots/nots are?

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12 Oct 2008, 8:20 am

kleodimus wrote:

knots are contracted/stressed muscles which are helped with massage, massage "breaks"/seperate these knots, you can feel a knot in your back when someone gives you a "proper" massage

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12 Oct 2008, 10:25 am

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It reminds me a lot of Edward Scissorhands.

That's funny, one of my nicknames in highschool was Edward Scissorhands.

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I've always felt like I never learned how to walk properly.

There's a proper way to walk? The only proper way to walk is however is most comfortable for you. I personally find the arm swinging thing comical looking.

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12 Oct 2008, 10:45 am

I have been told that I am "too stiff & need to loosen up!" LOL That's my natural state. How does one change that?

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12 Oct 2008, 11:06 am

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Hey, I resemble that remark! I have a distinctive gait, to be kind, and thought of taking walking lessons, but the idea of contacting a modeling agency was just too weird. (I have nightmares of having people yell, "Work it, girl!" while I do my little turn on the catwalk.) I also can't walk in high heels to save my life, and have nasty surgical scars from the time I wiped out on a supposedly-safe adult tricycle.

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12 Oct 2008, 12:07 pm

Robotic. Yes.
I was taught as a child that one should be able to balance a book on one's head whilst walking.
I also find it uncomfortable to swing my arms when I walk. I mean, what does one do with the arms/hands? So, I keep 'em hidden in the pockets of my coat.

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12 Oct 2008, 12:44 pm

I'm told I walk like a giant five-year old.

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12 Oct 2008, 12:52 pm

I'm not sure if there is anything physically wrong with my feet, but my walk has always been bouncy. It's not usually a problem but I do feel rather awkward sometimes...

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12 Oct 2008, 1:12 pm

I don't get it--- when I was a kid I walked on my toes, but that was because I had plantar warts on my heels and they were painful. But even today in my adulthood, people will randomly ask me if my leg/foot is hurt because they say I look like I'm limping. I've even tried sometimes to "think" about walking when i walk, but it's still no use. I apparently have an odd manner of walking, and people notice it. I don't see where I'm going wrong. Left foot, right foot, repeat.
What is the normal way to walk?

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12 Oct 2008, 1:34 pm

In addition to Asperger's, I also have Fibromyalgia. It is mainly in my legs which causes them to hurt really bad for no other reason. When I was little, it was really bad, but that has gotten better. However, sometimes I do find myself limping out of "habit".

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12 Oct 2008, 2:07 pm

Richard99 wrote:

I'm not sure if there is anything physically wrong with my feet, but my walk has always been bouncy. It's not usually a problem but I do feel rather awkward sometimes...

I've been told I'm bouncy when I walk too.

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12 Oct 2008, 2:08 pm

mysterious_misfit wrote:

Richard99 wrote:

I'm not sure if there is anything physically wrong with my feet, but my walk has always been bouncy. It's not usually a problem but I do feel rather awkward sometimes...

I've been told I'm bouncy when I walk too.

Now that I think about it, so have I.

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12 Oct 2008, 2:11 pm

skahthic wrote:

I apparently have an odd manner of walking, and people notice it. I don't see where I'm going wrong. Left foot, right foot, repeat.
What is the normal way to walk?

Most people walk with an equal period of time elapsing between each step. They do it naturally without thinking about it. But when the two halves of your brain aren't connecting so much, each half of your body has its own rhythm.

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12 Oct 2008, 7:38 pm

Magnus wrote:

There is the asymmetry of the body that makes one side lean more than the other. The common characteristic of walking with a tilted head or running sideways is caused by this. You can tell if a baby might be on the spectrum by lifting him/her and seeing if they can right themselves up.

Plus, I read that many people on the spectrum have one leg longer than the other and this causes the hips to shift unnaturally. My right leg is slightly longer and I hadn't noticed it until I read that article. This could cause a curvature in the spine. It also explains why so many aspies are klutzes.
I trained myself to walk normally. But, I used to walk weird. The sideways thing still happens if I'm walking across a street or something and I feel people watching me. I get nervous and walk sort of hunched and turned. I hate that feeling, of being in the spotlight when I don't expect it.

OMG OMG OMG!! !! I have one leg longer than the other and a curviture in my spine BEYOND WOW!! !! Awesome I'm speechless I never thought in a million years that physical trait could relate to something Autism based JUST WOW!! !! !

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