While everyone’s gait differs, you may develop an abnormal gait due to illness, injury, genetics, or issues with your legs or feet. What a gait analysis can uncover about your healthAssessing gait can predict gross motor delays in kids, fall risks in older adults and, when coupled with a cognition decline, the risk of dementia. “We’re looking at gait speed, cadence — the number of steps per minute — variability in gait speed and cadence, step length, the time both feet are spent on the ground, stance and more,” said Stephanie Wakeman, a physical therapist and OneStep’s director of clinical operations. But if you’re interested in a gait analysis to boost your athletic performance or prevent injury, you may have to pay out of pocket. “I would also love it if gait analysis was part of the recovery program for anybody who has knee, ankle or hip surgery,” Heiderscheit said.

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Persons: Gait, ”, Bryan Heiderscheit, Achilles tendinopathy, ” Heiderscheit, “ It’s, Heiderscheit, “, Stephanie Wakeman, Wakeman, ” Wakeman, you’re, Melanie Radzicki McManus Organizations: CNN’s, CNN, American Medical, Association, University of Wisconsin, Badger, US Food and Drug Administration Locations: orthopedics, Madison