difficulty walking
Trouble staying upright
Difficulty walking describes impaired ability to walk normally, whether from injury, illness, age, or disability.
The phrase appears frequently in medical contexts to describe symptoms: The patient reported difficulty walking after the fall.
It covers everything from mild unsteadiness to severe mobility limitations requiring assistive devices.
- limpingUneven gait from injury
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
- wobblingMoving unsteadily, wavering
- shufflingRandomizing order of items
shuffling gait · staggering · cane · wheelchair · mobility aid · physical therapy · balance · gait · legs · weakness · falling · fall risk · tripping · uneven ground · slippery floor · hobbling · leg weakness · dragging
- arthritis symptomsjoint pain, joint stiffness, joint swelling, morning stiffness, stiffness
- nerve symptomsweakness, muscle weakness, numbness, tingling, paralysis
- clumsinessclumsiness, clumsy, awkwardness, fumble, stumble
- B12 deficiencyvitamin B12, B12 deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency, cobalamin, pernicious anemia
difficulty walkingsure-footedness
Ability to walk securely
agility · light-footedness · nimble-footedness · walking unaided · stable footing
difficulty walkingphysical prowess
Exceptional bodily ability
able-bodiedness · sprinting · running · dancing · bounding
difficulty, difficult, difficultly, difficulties, walking, walked, walker, walkers, walkable