Bouncy walking - unusual gait

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Yeah. I've always had this problem with walking and running. Still do. It's not as bad as it once was, but it's noticeable enough to drive me insane.
I don't know whether I should go into physical therapy or just ask someone how to walk/run correctly.

It was years ago, but I remember early on after I joined there was a thread about tiptoeing and how it was common for ASD people. I tiptoe all the time.

I can remember in junior high that I was picked on constantly for "bouncing" when I walked. I don't think I do it (as much) anymore, since I've gotten older (and heavier), but I'm sure I still do it to a point. Like many others on this thread, I also walk very quickly--my husband is always telling me to slow down.

I have a springy walk, but have never been bullied for it, and do enjoy the feeling of it when I'm out and about. The main problem I have with my walk is that I seem to "veer" from my intended course (dyspraxia?), which is largely due to my being uncoordinated.

I did have a very unusual running posture, however, and was frequently being insulted for it. When trying to sprint, I would always hunch over, but never personally noticed it until the other kids commented on it.

I don't have bouncy walking. But I have some sort of odd gait when I stand, I think. But it might be to do with being nervous and overconscious about how I look, which results me in standing too stiffly. I worry that I'm standing hunched, so I hold myself up right, but I feel I'm holding myself funny yet again, with my tummy right out. I've got that ugly type of neck when my head always looks like it's forward, and if I try to hold my head up, my neck is still forward, not up. (I'm so ugly-built! Why me?!) So I just can't seem to get my ugly gait inbetween being too forwards and too backwards. Help!! !

There is nothing odd about how I walk, stand or sit. My favorite sport is football, but not for watching. For playing.

My apparently NT husband (has traits often associated with AS and co-morbids) has the bouncy walk and our daughter appears to have inherited it. I have an awkward gait, not bouncy, and I've been asked by a few people how I injured myself. I think I look like I'm dragging my leg slightly and my feet are a little bit turned out (I blame ballet). I used to get teased at school for the way I walk.

I don't walk with a bounce anymore (I used to in my teens, and even a bit in my early 20s) but with proper counselling it went away. I'm sure others got this comment: I was told a lot that I need to take shorter steps. This one confounded me, I thought, why should it matter how wide my stride is - I'm not in the military...

Although, once in a blue moon, I'm told that I have an odd walk, and the person (including my wife) said they can't describe it, that it just appears "weird". Oh well, what can I do. I do know that when I run, it looks odd, and I've been told in the past that it looks like I'm ret*d when I run. I don't know how to correct this.

I have a bouncy walk and it has been commented on for years, I think the issue is that I do not bend the knee so much so I don't look like a horse about to get its groove on. Also my long gait is perfect for walking really long distances, i can easily cover 40KM in a day, whereas most people whine and moan after just 3.

I simply think "So I bounce up and down a few inches when I walk, you are the as*hole for pointing it out" :p

I was teased in school because of it and now I've become stiff because I try not to bounce.

I don't get teased by the way I walk/stand/sit because it's not that bad, but I do get noticed - it's probably why people keep staring at me all the time (although I didn't know that would be enough to make people stare, but hey, people can't have anything better to think about than what a stupid stranger is doing).