I think that as physical therapists we are all anatomy geeks to a certain degree. That was one of my favorite classes in PT school, and to this day I always enjoy watching videos and graphics of how our body functions during movement. That is why after watching this video last week I knew I had to post it as a follow-up to my post on analyzing the canine gait. The video is a little long and unfortunately it doesn’t have a description of what kind of gait we are watching, but it does go through the different styles of gait mentioned on my previous post. Also, it reminded something that I forgot to mention as well before: how gait can vary greatly between different breeds, which is another factor making the canine gait even more complex when compared to humans.
I hope you all enjoy this video as much as I did. Can you tell apart between the different types of gait? Any possible deviations (hint: it is not a perfect gait)? I would love to get some discussion going on the comments section.
That trot is painful to watch. That dog is favoring the LH so much. And then when it slows down and he really starts collapsing on that side.. ouch.
Exactly! Good job noticing that! There is definitely something going on with the left hind limb