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Ryokochan Walk to correct the muscles |
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| Correct walking cure the balance of body |
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Physical injury, such as a fracture, lumbago
or sprain, sometimes brings you a habit of
bad moving. Protecting the injured part,
the body is going to be warped day by day.
The human body build on hundreds of skeletal
muscles which work together contracting jointly.
As you put up only one finger, all the muscles
contract finely and severally.
A joint consists of several muscles. As one
muscle becomes stiff, co-workers must overwork
to help. The muscle works by contraction.
Every muscle around the joint becomes stiff
and short one after another, which restricts
ROM (range of motion). The restriction influences
to the other joints. So the whole body should
be deformed.
On the contrary, it is possible you will
cure the deformation by the correct moving.
The human body is elaborated supernaturally.
If you move as you are designed, you can
cure of various troubles.
The "Ryokochan Walk" helps you
to cure the joints, especially, of the lower
part of body. |
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| Let's try the "Ryokochan Walk" |
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| Let's walk consciously paying attention to
your muscles. The model, "Rikachan"
is Japanese dress-up doll for little girls.
Follow → the left leg as an example. |
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| 1) step forward |
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take wide step, and put down from the heel |
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| 2) weight change |
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catch the ground by the ball of the foot |
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| 3) kick the ground |
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extend the leg, and kick by the calf |
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 1) Step forward |
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| Swing up your left leg. Take a big step forward. And, land your heel, raising the toes. |
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We are apt to forget the foot. Special care
should be taken in lifting the toes by the
shin (■). Train the muscles of the shin, especially,
the Tibialis anterior, the Extensor hallucis
longus and the Extensor digitorum longus.
<→ figure 1>
As you step wider, you can stretch the left
hip joint (■). |
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■right hip
Lifting the left leg, the Gluteus medius and Gluteus minimus support the pelvis. |
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■right groin ligament
Stretched when you take a big step |
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| 2) Weight change |
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| Support all the weight on your left pivoting
foot (■). Catch firmly the ground by the ball of
the foot and toes. |
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Special care should be taken in walking upright
posture. Hold firmly the spine and pelvis
as axis. So you can train the muscles of
the trunk.
Shift the weight gradually to your right
leg extending straight. Change the weight
slowly and carefully. |
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■Fix the trunk
Don't rock your spine and pelvis. |
■ right hip
As you lift the right leg, the Gluteus medius and Gluteus minimus support the pelvis. |
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■left groin ligament
Stretched when you take a big step |
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| 3) Kick the ground by the calf extending
the knee |
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| March forward kicking the ground by the left toes. Special care should be taken in extending the left leg straight. |
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Kick by the calf (■) strongly. The main muscle of the calf is
the triceps surae muscle, which consists
of the Gastrocnemius and the Soleus, joined
as the Achilles' tendon to the heel.
The Gastrocnemius is biaticular muscle, which
goes from above the knee joint to the heel.
So it doesn't work while bending the knee.
Train the calf muscles carefully. <→ figure 2> |
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■ left hamstrings
You have various muscles from the hip to the leg, which include the biaticular muscles. Stretch straight carefully and train them. |
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| ■left hip joint |
| ■left groin ligament |
| ■right upper pelvis |
Stretch them all. |
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| Always recall consciously checking your walking |
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At the beginning, I was tired after 10 minutes
walk. Trying at frequent interval,
I became
stronger day by day. Now, I get
plenty flexibility
and muscular strength for correct
walking
for hours.
Check whether you use the right side and
the left side in the same way. Check whether
you use the muscles minutely. If it brings
you to feel pain in some part of the body,
it is the evidence of beginning to be deformed.
Since the "Ryokochan Walk" combines
stretch and training, a slight trouble will
be cure while walking. If not so, Acupuncture
helps you to cure.
As you become better, you will take a step
wider and wider. Not in a hurry for success
but at a leisurely pace. "Try pretty
hard, but not too much" is a key to
advance, as I mentioned in the "360° Ryokochan Stretch".
Make a habit of walking consciously. Really,
I always check my walking while going out
with my dog, shopping, getting out from the
motorbike, and so on.
While playing tennis, I walk checking myself
at intervals of running. There are a lot
of chance to walk such as to pick a ball
or to move in the court. As running so hard
for hours, sometimes I feel that something
is wrong with my body such as lumbago. Actually,
almost all the troubles would be cured while
walking.
I have some cases where Acupuncture won't
achieve the "complete recovery".
If you combine the correct walking and "360°
Ryokochan Stretch", plus some sports,
it is possible to obtain the flexible body
with perfect ROM. |
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| Supplementation by figures |
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| figure 1 (■) muscles of the shin |
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| Tibialis anterior |
Extensor hallucis longus |
Extensor digitorum longus |
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| bend the ankle |
lift the big toe |
lift 4 toes |
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move jointly |
(bones) |
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| lift the instep |
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| figure 2 (■) muscles of the calf |
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Gastrocnemius
(biaticular muscle) |
Soleus |
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| work while knee extended |
work alone while knee bent |
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| triceps surae muscle |
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| joined as the Achilles' tendon to the heel |
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| Updated: 2020/5/14 |
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