Motor Clumsiness & Physical Therapy

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I know motor clumsiness is sometimes included as a diagnostic criteria for AS. Apart from being ridiculously clumsy, I've always had very poor posture, a strange gait while walking/running, and a somewhat ritualistic mode about which I accomplish physical tasks. Has any of you experienced this and have developed muscular-skeletal issues? I've suffered from chronic shoulder pain for a long time. Recently my doc concluded that although I apparently have a slightly displaced clavicle due to injury, that that is NOT the cause of my shoulder pain. He said that likely its due to my poor mechanics (I am undiagnosed of AS & he has no idea of my suspicions) and prescribed physical therapy for me to learn to how move right. It occurred to me that my poor motor skills may have something to do with it. Anyone in the same boat? Or maybe, have you taken physical therapy (not due to pain), but to learn how to move more effectively? Did it help?

When I was a child, I was clumsy, knock kneed, awkward, overweight...
My mother enrolled me in ballet classes, which I continued with for the next seven years. I developed excellent posture, my legs straightened out. I 'got in touch' with my body...
I could, when I focused on it, even be graceful. I developed the ability to move rhythmically. I never became a 'dancer'...but I learned a lot and it was fun. I still like to dance (alone, in private)
so, yeah, any sustained, professional, focused, effort to learn physical control is good.
Tai chi, pilates, ballet, yoga or any NON-competitive martial art are all good for improving one's physical state.
A good physical therapist will know the right way to steer you for long term development...

I have some disc degeneration in my lower back, in part due to poor posture and gait. Apparently I've spent 40 years walking and sitting with my pelvis titled wrong. Iv'e been recommended to try pilates and the Alexander technique, and in the past yoga has helped but it's not something I've kept up.

For me, the main improvement comes from some basic back stretching exercises, and also being more mindful when I walk ensuring to engage my glutes/hamstrings.

Definitely yes - sit crooked, can't thow a ball worth a damn, when I play golf people tell me that it hurts them to watch me swing at the ball.

I see a good chiropractor and it helps a lot.

anyone trip over their own feet while walking on flat surfaces? I do it all the time and it gets so frustrating. My mind is having to much fun being off it its own world; why must I have to focus on putting one step in front of another?