Walking on tiptoes?

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I don't walk on my tip-toes that much, but I do when I walk upstairs, and I catch myself doing it once in a while when I'm barefoot or only wearing socks.

toe-walking is pretty common for people on the spectrum. I remember doing it when I was little. I do it very rarely now. Except for when I walk on stairs. When I walk on stairs I find it very confusing and hard to put my whole foot down.

I can no longer walk very far at all, due to a non-autism related medical issue, but I carry on my former toe-walking habit whilst sitting down. I always either sit with my feet up on the toes, or – as others have mentioned – with only the outside of my foot touching the ground. I also walk much better in high heels (despite my disability) than I do in flat shoes. People find it very odd to see someone who they know really struggles with walking going around in 3" or 4"heels.

BTW, I bumped this thread because I've just searched the web on 'tiptoe walking' and it came up. Like OddDuck, I've been asked by a friend why I almost always sit with my feet in tiptoe position, and I decided this evening to Google it to find out if it's something that other people do. Might have known it's an Asperger thing!

I like walking barefoot, sometimes standing on the toes, I find muscle stimulation pleasant

Not thinking it's specifis, think for many women this is typical, they also often walk barefeet, and heels are stimulating same muscles

I sit in a tip-toe position quite a bit, actually. I also find that I take my feet out of my shoes a lot while sitting; I've been doing that since I was a kid.

done this my whole life. my mom used to tell me that it would hurt me and tried to get me to walk heel toe......never took

I'm sure men and women walk barefoot the same amount of time generally.

The only time I've ever walked on my tiptoes was during marching band, and we were told we had to do it whenever we march backwards. I still do the backwards marching occasionally, but not all the time.

I walked on the balls of my feet when I was a kid. I remember going to physical therapy because people were concerned about my acheilles tendon shortening. That was in the days before Asperger's was a common diagnosis, but it is one of the things that convinced me that I am aspie.

I toe walk, it's more exaggerated when I'm barefoot or in socks and if it's cold. I frequently toe walk in shoes too but will often have my heel only a half inch off the ground, no one can tell I'm doing it.

My father, the military man that he is, always tried to get me to stop walking on my toes. "HEEL! TOE! HEEL! TOE!" I'd hear while walking... it was insanely frustrating.

Personally, I see no issue with walking on my toes. I'm quieter, quicker, and taller. 3 things that make me think that perhaps it's an evolutionary advance. *announcer voice* We are the next step in evolution!

haha

Whenever I am barefooted or wearing socks only, I tiptoe. My leg and upper body movements are also very strange; so much so that I find them difficult to describe! I cross one leg over the other when I take a step and I also twist and turn my upper body. However, I experience no such issues when wearing shoes!

Why don't you guys try and tiptoe thru' the tulips with Tiny Tim:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnjASLYKdA[/youtube]

People who promote bare feet as a lifestyle seem to think that tiptoeing is the most natural and healthy way to walk, report that it is evident in the arches and overall alignment. We probably don't stomp much, when going barefoot. I think of treading carefully, through tall grass.

Noting the development of my calve muscles, coaches facetiously asked whether I had taken ballet.

I do hard, physical labor in bare feet, including splitting wood, rock climbing, and occasional shoveling. I sometimes pick up goats heads thorns, but they barely penetrate, now, even when callouses are smoothed away.

I save shoes for going out, in public. My compromise is open toes or round toes. I feel that they are still burdensome, but going bare feet often elicits a strong, negative response, even in campgrounds.

And, I am more prone to walk on tiptoes.

I do have sprains or injuries, but they are never long lasting.

Did it all throughout childhood, even when I wasn't barefooted. I've pretty much limited it to barefoot walking at this point but it still happens. Got a lot of crap for it my whole life but whatever.

I do that, sometimes...


...BUT only when I'm walking up stairs.