Walking Backward: Reflexes and Weightlessness

Listed by the publisher as “Walking Backward – kinesophics”

Participants explore walking backward by carefully observing the moment the heel makes contact with the ground. Standing behind a chair for balance and later walking freely, students sense how the hip joint moves down and back while the head lengthens upward and forward to find a light, spring-like quality in the spine.

StandingPelvisSpineHipsHeadLegsFeetWalkingTurningExtensionBalancePostureWeight ShiftCoordinationWalkingPostural ReflexesHead-Pelvis RelationshipWeight DistributionSpinal MobilityMotif: Rib Shoulder DifferentiationEquipment: ChairFlexion/Extension: Extension LeaningRotation: ModerateSide bending: MinorCross-lateral: None