Your gait—how you walk—can reveal a lot about your health, movement quality, and even your risk for injury or falls.

In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton break down why gait analysis alone doesn’t tell the full story. Many people focus on the way someone walks, but the real problem often lies deeper in fundamental movement patterns like squatting, bending, rotating, balancing, and breathing.

As our population ages, gait problems are becoming a major predictor of falls, joint replacements, and loss of independence. But identifying poor gait is only the first step. The real question is: what is causing the gait problem in the first place?

In this conversation, we explore:

• Why gait deviations happen
• How compensations develop subconsciously
• Why muscle strengthening alone often fails
• The movement patterns that drive healthy walking
• How developmental patterns and breathing can restore movement
• Why functional movement matters more than isolated exercises

If you want to better understand how gait connects to movement health, injury prevention, and long-term mobility, this episode is a must-watch.

Learn more about Functional Movement Systems and our tools for assessing movement:
https://www.functionalmovement.com

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In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton sit down with Ryan Como, CEO of Kinetisense, to talk about where movement screening is headed next.

Ryan shares how his background as a chiropractor—and as an injured D1 hockey athlete—pushed him beyond “treat the painful joint” toward multi-segment, 3D movement assessment. The conversation covers how objective scoring, population comparisons, and AI-driven recommendations can enhance—not replace—clinical expertise.

We dig into:

• Why FMS breakpoints hold up when compared to lab-grade systems
• Turning movement screening into trend data (0–100 scoring vs. only 0/1/2/3)
• Using data loops to learn what correctives work best for who
• Planar plasticity: why elite athletes move well in all three planes

The long game: movement epidemiology—catching risk before injury happens

Learn more: https://www.kinetisense.com/fms-kinetisense/

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Asymmetries are normal — but not all asymmetries are created equal. In this episode of the Movement Podcast, Gray Cook and Lee Burton break down the difference between anatomical, functional, and developmental asymmetry, and explain when asymmetry becomes a slippery slope that impacts performance, durability, and injury risk.

They also discuss why the goal isn’t “perfect symmetry,” but keeping asymmetries from getting worse, and how movement screening helps coaches and clinicians make smarter training decisions.

In this episode:

• The 3 types of asymmetry: anatomical, functional, developmental
• When asymmetry becomes a risk factor (and when it’s just sport-specific)
• Why “don’t let it get worse” is the real goal
• Key impairment asymmetries to watch: ankle dorsiflexion + grip strength
• Why dynamic balance + functional patterns matter more than isolated measures
• Practical ways to “scrub the corners” and restore awareness

More from the Movement Podcast: https://www.movementpod.com/

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