ROM Resist & New Zealand

If you graph distance traveled (d) against time (t) then we see that walkers have even progression (straight line). Those who cannot manage the side to side well timed energy transfers stop with each step and their graph looks like steps. These are steppers. Steppers need to be intermittently stabilized with each step. They seek islands of stance stability. Walkers need to keep the flow rolling and so

stabilizing things (toe plates in AFOs, wrong pitch etc.) disables walkers by thwarting the smooth TRANSITIONS required for energy passage. <==Two point transition.