This is so simple that anybody can try it, so I'm going to pass it on at the prototype stage. Try it out. My initial reaction was positive.

I got to thinking about Greg's experience with the Gait Aid goggles and wanted to try it but that's a lot of money. After playing with it awhile I have come up with a possible alternative. it helps and maybe it will retrain the brain.

Here's how to make your very own-
Materials needed- 2 wire coat hangers, roll of masking tape

Take a coat hanger and stretch it so that you can wear it like a necklace. It should hang down to about mid-sternum.

Take the other and stretch it to form a square. Tape it to the other one at your sternum so that it rides like a cigarette tray - i.e. sticking out of your chest.

Looking down you should see some toes. Those are yours. Take one of those nasty little, short, shuffling steps and stop. One foot only. Stretch a piece of tape across the wire frame such that you can see your foot but not your big toe nail.

Now add another piece of tape by taking a second shuffle and then a third.

That's it! Finished.

You don't need the squares. Having the strips lets you start with a shuffle and then lengthen your stride with the other two strips. You're not struggling to walk. You're trying to see your toes. And using a different part of your brain!