Left foot, Right hand; Right foot, Left Hand

While walking, we follow a special rhythm. When we put our left foot forward, our right arm moves forward and our left arm moves backward. Similarly, when we put our right foot forward, our left arm moves forward and our right arm moves backward.

Why do we do this?

To reduce the twisting of the upper body To reduce the sideways bending of the upper body To reduce the forward/backward bending of the upper body Hands are just dragged with the body

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1 solution

Aarsh Srivastava
Mar 7, 2018

This happens because when we swing our arms (alternately) the motion of the arm about the shoulder ball-socket join produces torque where the entire forearme acts as the leverage. Hence this produces twisting of the lower back. When we alternate the swing of arm with foot fall (right arm-left leg, froward) the motion in both upper and lower body are opposite as a result the walk is more balanced and unidirectional.

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