So What If Robert Pattinson Has A Shorter Leg
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Shorter Leg Revelation During the 2009 San Diego Comic Con panel discussion on 23 July 2009, New Moon star Robert Pattinson revealed a physical shortcoming.
“One of my legs is shorter than the other, so it makes everything look really awkward. I can look like an idiot.”
Short Leg Symptoms Our Health Network lists the physical results of having a shorter leg.
1. Knee pain in both the short and long legs.
2. Sciatica, or inflammation of the nerves in the leg and lower back.
3. Poor balance when walking and running. (I think we’ve seen this.)
4. Foot and ankle pain.
5. T.M.J. (Does anybody know what this acronym means?)
6. Fatigue.
How Short Is Short footlevelers.com states that even a quarter of an inch or less can cause discomfort and problems.
Many medical researchers have concluded that even a few millimeters of LLI (a quarter of an inch or less) may be a primary or contributing cause of low back or hip problems, and an obvious stress factor in the legs.
Body Compensation The body tries to compensate by:
Bending the short leg’s foot down and out, trying to make it longer. This is called PRONATION.
Robert Pattinson is demonstrating pronation in the picture above. Note how his toes are slightly turned in as he walks through the LAX Airport when he flew out on 26 July 2009. A clearer demonstration of pronation of the feet is shown below.
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July 27th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
ugghh too bad
July 27th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
TMJ = temporal mandibular joint but I thought that’s on the jaw. I could be wrong of course.
I’ve noticed he walks with a gimp. I saw the Bad Mother’s Handbook and you could really tell there. But of well, he’s hot anyway
. He was a nerd in that movie but oh it’s Robert Pattinson so he’s hot! Hot nerd!
BTW I think that’s so sweet of him to share his little secret w. us, he’s not embarrassed about it and that’s a brownie pt for him. He’s so adorkable!!!
July 27th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Yes Isabel TMJ is when the joint that connects the jaw to the skull is inflammed. My friend has it and she can’t fully open her mouth while yawning even laughing or eating, or it might lead to lock jaw! I think there’s a dental solution for that though, not sure. I hope Rob doesn’t have that, seems like most of the possible problems with his condition involve some kind of pain in the joints (foot, ankle, knee, jaw) all akin to arthritis. Well, seems like he didn’t tell a joke. Hopefully he is seeking medical help while he’s young.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Actually, another article explored the possibilities of arthritis connected with having the short leg syndrome, but, I didn’t want to add that in because I felt the information was a bit overwhelming already. Well, I got overwhelmed. LOL
July 27th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
So what?!?!?!?
He is still the one who makes me happy when he smiles,makes me wanna kill when he seems upset in pics and makes me Freak when they dont upload new pics of him in about every six hours or so.
He is Robert Pattinson ppl!!! He can make hell freeze over and paradise burn!!
We fans couldn’t care less about his shorter leg.It was so totally cool of him to share this with fans,Makes me adore him even more…..
July 27th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
sabrina tt, to clarify, this post was not meant to disparage Robert Pattinson. It’s to point out the possible physical problems he has to face and overcome; plus, a scientific explanation of why he moves the way he does. Thanks for understanding.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Yeah,I know Lorna.Sorry if I misleaded you,I meant it in a positive way
July 27th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Oh, that’s great. Thanks for explaining!
July 28th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Awwwww, Rob is so schweet. ..and just when I thought I couldn’t love him any more. How does Kristen resist. Whoops, I forgot – she doesn’t anymore. Hee
July 28th, 2009 at 1:15 am
Rob looks beyond adorable in the second pic. Love his facial expression!
July 28th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Hahahahahah that’s funny I had never noticed how he walked till now
July 28th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Poor Rob. And when he’s walking he doesn’t look like an idiot!
Anyway he’s great!
July 28th, 2009 at 2:37 am
Thanks so much for this Lorna. Now we know why he exhibits so many of those adorkable stances. Poor baby. How strong he must be to overcome something with so many awful symptoms.
One thing I’ve noticed is that Kristen also seems to mimic some of Rob’s “pronating” stances, and I think her legs are fine. **Sigh**
July 28th, 2009 at 8:03 am
hahaha… yes we have seen that …. he is sooo hot on picture #2 !
July 28th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Thats sad! I don’t think i ever heard of this before, is it rare or uncommon? I hope he is getting treated for this.
July 28th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Everyone calm down, he does not have a shorter leg. He was just kidding. lol
July 29th, 2009 at 12:36 am
I love rob more…love the way he walks, stands, runs, bends, sits, anything he does basically..he’s truly amazing..
July 29th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Kristen say : “i love his feet”??? so do i..LOL
July 29th, 2009 at 3:01 am
lmaooo. rob has a shorter leg? how adorable.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:53 am
That sure looks a lot like Kristen’s backpack….
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Is it from birth? Or Injury?? I saw the harry Potter DVD and in the special features thay show the filming of the maze part and they roped one of Robs ankle and pulls it and shakes it like crazy. I wonder if his one leg got injured at that time…
It looked painful to me…
December 19th, 2009 at 3:54 am
hey robbie..i dont c ne prob if u hv a shorter leg..neway at d end of d day i juz c d hard work n ur efforts dat u put up in ur work n d result is awesome..u act real gud man..i lv ur actin skills..