{"id":28,"date":"2017-06-12T10:18:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T10:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrativelearningcenter.org\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2021-04-24T21:54:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T01:54:13","slug":"integral-human-gait","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/integrativelearningcenter.org\/movement-modalities\/integral-human-gait\/","title":{"rendered":"Integral Human Gait"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Integral Human Gait\u2122 theory<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-293\" style=\"margin-top: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/integrativelearningcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/integral-human-gait-img.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/integrativelearningcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/integral-human-gait-img-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/integrativelearningcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/integral-human-gait-img-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/integrativelearningcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/integral-human-gait-img-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/integrativelearningcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/integral-human-gait-img-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/integrativelearningcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/integral-human-gait-img.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>The inability to walk well and independently is a game-changer in a person\u2019s quality of life. Clinical research has identified clear links between human gait characteristics and different medical issues: Parkinson\u2019s disease, osteoarthritis, back pain, hip, and lower leg issues, and early fall detection. The science is clear: a person who cannot (or will not) walk struggles with more health issues than a person who can (and does) walk. A healthy gait feeds our joints and bones and assists our circulatory, lymphatic, and respiratory systems in eliminating waste. Recent studies also support the impact of gait on creativity, cognition, and depression. Regardless of a medical diagnosis, at the heart of the human experience, the \u201chow\u201d of walking shapes physical comfort, security, emotional well-being, and happiness.<\/p>\n<h2>A new theory on walking? Really? What is there that isn&#8217;t already known?<\/h2>\n<p>Gait is likely more than you think it is. Beyond the physical\/biomechanical attributes, gait influences and informs other aspects of our well-being: emotional, mental, spiritual, and evolutionary. It holds the keys to lifelong quality movement. Not only is the expression of our unique being in the world most clearly observed through our gait, but the unconscious impact and carryover of our gait can influence improvement in other areas of mobility (climbing, changing and maintaining body positions, carrying and handling objects).<\/p>\n<p>Often we believe gait needs to be taken apart, reexamined, and explored beyond locomotion for the advancement of human growth and connection. Thought to be well understood by the person on the street and the rehab professional, we believe gait needs to be broken open, reexamined, and explored for the good of all.<\/p>\n<\/div><style type='text\/css'>.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:before,.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:after{opacity:0.7;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#287a87;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:84px;\"><div class=\"reading-box reading-box-center element-bottomshadow\" style=\"background-color:#f4f2f2;border-width:1px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><h2>What if a new perspective on gait offers solutions for chronic pain syndromes like tendonitis and bursitis of the extremities, muscle and tendon tears, fibromyalgia, back and neck pain, failed surgeries, and depression?<\/h2><div class=\"reading-box-description fusion-reading-box-additional\">What if, as we age, we didn\u2019t have to suffer the usual spinal, hip, and knee degeneration of walking? What if we didn\u2019t have to waste as much energy on the fear of falling? What if we could experience more joy? What if we could discover, experience, and increase our awareness of parts of ourselves that we didn\u2019t even know we didn\u2019t know? How you walk AND how you think you walk may be two different things.<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>In the development of Integral Human Gait\u2122 theory (IHG), we look to other fields of study to create a more cohesive and comprehensive picture of gait. In addition to the somatic field of education, we study contributions from osteopathy, physical therapy, anthropology, human potential, biomechanics, exercise science, human kinetics, and neuroscience. Because the way we walk impacts our well-being, human evolution, and global development.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><div class=\"video-box\">\n<h5>A Physical Therapist discusses the importance of the Integral Human Gait\u2122 theory for his patients.<\/h5>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J3iVD_bO8II\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Integral Human Gait\u2122 Theory has \u201ctwo legs.\u201d One is a comprehensive, cognitive gait map. Understanding how humans develop and the functional movement patterns that make up gait is just as important as knowing the individual kinematic parts. The other is the navigational means needed to use this map. Somatic learning modalities like the <a href=\"\/feldenkrais-method\/\"><em>Feldenkrais Method<\/em><\/a><em>\u00ae<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"\/bones-for-life\/\">Bones For Life<\/a><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> ready the brain for new learning and cultivate an awareness of the parts in relationship to the whole. Integral Human Gait\u2122 theory is the vehicle that puts it all together, combining the map and the means with the parts and the whole. It provides direct access to the living, dynamic map inside each of us that guides all human functions.<\/p>\n<p>Through our academic studies and practical experiences, we understand that the growth process is never complete, and we understand that we possess an infinite learning capacity. We can learn to move, walk, and stand differently because we can re-wire the very nature of our brains. \u201cWe just have to remember that \u201cthere is nothing permanent or compulsive in [our] system, except what [we] believe to be so.\u201d \u2013Moshe Feldenkrais<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h2>Gates within Gait \u2013 Intelligent Patterns<\/h2>\n<p>Not only is gait a gateway to human health, but there are also gates within gait that can guide us as rehabilitation and wellness professionals. Here is a list of our current working theory categories and a couple of examples of the specific gates explored within each category.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science Gate: <\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Neuroplasticity<br \/>\n&#8211; Anatomy<br \/>\n&#8211; Evolution<\/p>\n<p><strong>Somatic Education Gate:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Kinesthesia<br \/>\n&#8211; Timing<br \/>\n&#8211; Coordination<br \/>\n&#8211; Awareness<\/p>\n<p><strong>Human Potential Gate:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Anthropology<br \/>\n&#8211; Creativity and discovery<br \/>\n&#8211; Communication<br \/>\n&#8211; Service<\/p>\n<p><strong>Human Development Gate:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Developmental Sequence: Positions and patterns of movement<br \/>\n&#8211; Reflexes: Primitive, postural, protective, equilibrium<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kinematic Gate:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Upright alignment and rotation activated through the Vertical Power Line of the Heel.<br \/>\n&#8211; Simultaneous multi-planar movements (teeter\/totter) vs. the illusion of single plane movement<br \/>\n&#8211; Shoulder Girdle: Does it follow the upper or lower ribs during walking or reaching?<br \/>\n&#8211; Levels and location of counter-rotation<br \/>\n&#8211; How can the pelvic rotate and translate when the Lumbar Spine is limited in its ability to rotate?<\/p>\n<\/div><style type='text\/css'>.reading-box-container-2 .element-bottomshadow:before,.reading-box-container-2 .element-bottomshadow:after{opacity:0.7;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-2\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#287a87;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"reading-box reading-box-center element-bottomshadow\" style=\"background-color:#f4f2f2;border-width:1px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><h2>Integral Human Gait\u2122 theory\u2014integration of different viewpoints that collectively provide a map of gait, including forgotten and unexplored territories associated with gait. <\/h2><div class=\"reading-box-description fusion-reading-box-additional\">Gait (g\u0101t) n. manner of moving on foot; a way of walking or running\nPotential (p\u014d-ten\u2019-sh\u016dl) n. that can, but has not yet, come into being<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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