A Closer Look at Standing Habits

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(1) Weight Supported On One Leg

This most common of standing habits is both a backward and lateral mis-commitment of weight, resulting in a floor contact way back on the outer part of the heel.

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(2) Falling Backwards

A backward weight commitment resulting in floor contact being way back on the heels.

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(3) Falling Backwards with Ilio-Psoas Pulling Us Forwards

A backward weight commitment with a compensatory reaction that pulls us forward, resulting in floor contact being more on the balls of the feet.

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(4) Falling In-Between the Feet

A less-typical form of mis-commitment, but one we are all familiar with. We just don't do it as much as we do the other three. With feet spread wide apart, we direct our fall in-between the two feet. This literally pull us toward the empty space and results in floor contact being way on the inside of the feet.