Tandem Heel Toe Walking

Tandem walking or heel toe walking is known as the dynamic romberg test.

Tandem heel toe walking. It is important to start with the simple exercises first. Heel to toe tandem walking is another anytime exercise resembling plank walking popular with young children. Test your balance with the tandem walk. Test tandem gait by asking the patient to walk a straight line while touching the heel of one foot to the toe of the other with each step.

Heel toe exercises for balance heel toe raises. Aim for 20 steps forwards and 10 steps back. The tandem gait test is a physical exam technique in which the patient is asked to walk in a straight line with one foot immediately in front of the other heel to toe with arms down by their side. Also when i try to do abdominal leg raises i cannot raise both legs together.

Tandem gait is a gait method of walking or running where the toes of the back foot touch the heel of the front foot at each step. Slowly step with the heel touching the toe of the foot behind. All my upper limbs seem very strong and co ordinated. However my legs although very powerful are my main concern.

Keep your body controlled and look ahead. Tandem walking involves walking along a straight line placing one foot directly in front of the other heel to toe. It is best done on a firm uncarpeted floor. The patient should be able to balance without falling or stepping to the side.

Also i find it impossible to tandem walk or walk on my heels toes without falling to one side or the other. Some might call this the drunken walk test. Neurologists sometimes ask patients to walk in a straight line using tandem gait as a test to help diagnose ataxia especially truncal ataxia because sufferers of these disorders will have an. Tandem gait have the patient walk heel to toe.