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Does anyone here point their toes inward all the time? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world

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It's called "pigeon-toeing", I think. I do it all the time because I can feel a positive difference. The thing is, I have no idea why. I always assumed it was biomechanical but there may be a neuropsychological component

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[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 days ago

I’ve heard for awhile about an “ADHD walk” - apparently folks with autism also have gait differences. The belief is due to differences in how the body perceives balance.

Which makes an odd sort of sense to me. The diseases may share some common causes.
Possible that symptom presentation may be similar.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My mom had issues with this as a kid (no idea why it was an issue, must that it sounds like it caused problems of some kind?) She addressed it by getting super duper into roller skating

She recently picked it back up and it makes me happy. Now she regularly still does her two favorite childhood pastimes: thrifting and skating, and has added camping, something that would have been unthinkable in the past

[–] alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It's different for me, there is this problem with my posture that went undioagnosed for a long time, and rotating my legs inward kinda stabilizes my torso and lets me breathe better

[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 4 points 6 days ago

I'm the total opposite, my feet points totally outwards, "15 minutes to two o'clock".

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Not as bad as an adult. But when I was a kid I was literally "knock kneed" when running my knees would knock together and yeah I was never a good runner.