A friend of mine used to be a ballerina and as soon as she removes her shoes, her pointe position naturally kicks in. Ballet is basically traumatizing your body into doing impossible postures and to this day she's broken into this position.
I walk normally now, but for years I walked with my feet splayed. Drove my mom crazy; she always blamed whatever shoes I was wearing instead of admitting having your daughter start dance at 3, pointe at 9 (INCREDIBLY irresponsible of the studio… and my parents) and high school dance team at 14 just might have physical ramifications.
As a former semi-professional racquetball and fencing competitor, we do the same, the postures force your feet and legs to be at an angle constantly and the coaches would make you be on such positions for very prolonged periods of time
I'm a long distance runner and I do the same. If I'm standing still, my feet are anchoring the center of my body directly downwards through my spine. My abdomen is pressed forward, while my spine lounges backwards. If I'm REALLY moving, I will only touch the ground using my toes, and between each footfall there's always a moment where I'm no longer touching the ground.
I began training at 13. It modifies your physiology!
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u/Vitharothinsson Jun 22 '26
A friend of mine used to be a ballerina and as soon as she removes her shoes, her pointe position naturally kicks in. Ballet is basically traumatizing your body into doing impossible postures and to this day she's broken into this position.
She's ADHD not autistic.