{"id":32709,"date":"2025-12-16T15:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educare.design\/?post_type=product&p=32709"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:49:34","slug":"gait-cycle-and-kinetic-chain","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/educare.design\/us\/shop\/gait-cycle-and-kinetic-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gait Cycle and Kinetic Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Part of:
\nMovement & Muscles<\/em><\/a>
\nAlso relevant to:
\nSpine & Structure<\/a><\/em>
\nOften displayed with:
\nGood Postural Control<\/a><\/em>, Poor Postural Control<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Available as poster prints<\/a> (frames not included<\/em>), toile imprim\u00e9e,<\/a> (built-in-frames<\/em>), and print-it-yourself PDF files<\/a>. Browse the image gallery to view the options for this artwork, incl. types and sizes<\/a>, optional name or website placement, and the ten language versions!<\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/strong><\/span> \u201cYou have the best anatomy and physiology visuals I have ever seen!\u201d<\/em> \u2013 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Keith Wassung<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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\u2713 How this chart supports patient education.<\/strong>
\nThis Gait Cycle and Kinetic Chain Chart helps practitioners explain walking mechanics, gait phases and the relationship between foot contact, lower-limb movement, pelvic control and whole-body load transfer. It gives patients a clear visual reference for understanding stance phase, swing phase, joint motion, muscle timing and how the kinetic chain links the foot, knee, hip, pelvis and spine during gait. Useful for explaining the gait cycle, walking analysis, kinetic chain, foot biomechanics, lower-limb movement, posture and patient education in physiotherapy, chiropractic, osteopathy, podiatry, sports therapy and rehabilitation settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A shared visual language for gait analysis in modern clinics. The Gait Cycle and Kinetic Chain chart is a comprehensive, patient-friendly clinical chart designed to support clear, confident conversations about walking mechanics, movement patterns, and load transfer. Walking is one of the most repeated movements in daily life \u2014 yet it is rarely understood as a coordinated, whole-body process. This poster makes gait analysis visible and understandable, helping your patients see that walking is far more than \u201cjust taking a step forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

A communication tool, not just an anatomy chart.<\/strong>
\nThis poster has been created to establish a shared baseline of understanding between clinician and patient. By clearly illustrating the gait cycle, stance and swing phases, and the kinetic chain from foot to spine, it ensures that both practitioner and patient are literally \u201clooking at the same thing\u201d when discussing gait, posture, compensation, and movement efficiency. The result is better understanding, better engagement, and more productive clinical conversations.<\/p>\n

What the chart covers.<\/strong>
\nThe poster presents the full gait cycle, including stance and swing phases, and shows how the foot, ankle, knee, hip, pelvis, spine, and arms work together during walking. It explains weight transfer, shock absorption, pelvic control, trunk integration, propulsion, and forward momentum, while highlighting left\u2013right coordination and movement symmetry. By visualising the kinetic chain from the ground up, the chart helps explain why movement quality matters in everyday walking.<\/p>\n

Designed for everyday clinical use.<\/strong>
\nIt works equally well as a visual reference during gait analysis, a teaching tool in first consultations, and a shared point of reference during follow-up visits. It serves as an educational anchor in movement-focused clinics, supporting clearer explanations, faster patient understanding, and more confident engagement throughout care.<\/p>\n

Works seamlessly with our Postural Control charts.<\/strong>
\nThis Gait Cycle & Kinetic Chain chart complements our Good Postural Control<\/a> and Poor Postural Control<\/a> charts by showing how postural strategies translate into walking. Together, they create a shared visual language for posture, gait, and load transfer \u2014 helping patients understand compensations, movement efficiency, and the connection between posture and gait.<\/p>\n

Free customisation with your clinic’s name.<\/strong>
\nFor this artwork we offer to add your clinic’s name (or website address) for free! The name will go instead of the current sub-headline on the artwork; view an illustration of this in the image gallery.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>View this chart here<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n

Black Edition.<\/strong>
\nThis anatomy chart is available to order in a special black edition, which can be previewed in the image gallery.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd25 This artwork is part of a set with a 25% discount, as seen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 View more details of the English version.<\/a>
\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 Vedi i dettagli della versione italiana.<\/a>
\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Ver detalles de la versi\u00f3n en espa\u00f1ol.<\/a>
\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Details zur deutschen Version anzeigen.<\/a>
\n\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Voir les d\u00e9tails de la version fran\u00e7aise.<\/a>
\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Bekijk details van de Nederlandse versie.<\/a>
\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Veja mais detalhes da vers\u00e3o portuguesa.<\/a>
\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Se fler detaljer om den svenska versionen.<\/a>
\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 Se flere detaljer om den norske versjonen.<\/a>
\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Se flere detaljer af den danske version.<\/a><\/p>\n

Make it part of your clinic!<\/strong>
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