Why Fixing Your Gait Starts With These 5 Movements

Your gait—how you walk—can reveal a lot about your health, movement quality, and even your risk for injury or falls. In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton break down why gait analysis alone doesn’t tell the full story. Many people focus on the way someone walks, but the real problem often lies deeper in fundamental movement patterns like squatting, bending, rotating, balancing, and breathing. As our population ages, gait problems are becoming a major predictor of falls, joint replacements, and loss of independence. But identifying poor gait is only the first step. The real question is: what is causing the gait problem in the first place? In this conversation, we explore: • Why gait deviations happen • How compensations develop subconsciously • Why muscle strengthening alone often fails • The movement patterns that drive healthy walking • How developmental patterns and breathing can restore movement • Why functional movement matters more than isolated exercises If you want to better understand how gait connects to movement health, injury prevention, and long-term mobility, this episode is a must-watch. Learn more about Functional Movement Systems and our tools for assessing movement: Functional Movement Systems YouTube Facebook Instagram X (Twitter )

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Why Fixing Your Gait Starts With These 5 Movements is an episode from Movement Podcast by Gray Cook and Dr. Lee Burton.

This episode is 48:41 long.

This episode was published on Mar 12, 2026.

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