I do agree with what you're saying- I know it was a foolish thing to do and I've only myself to blame; looking at photos from a couple years ago, my feet do seem to point quite noticably outwards, but this was before I began to exercise, so I don't know if it is a good reference point as I figure some changes would have come about naturally from changes in muscle strength and function. I had thought initially that my balance issue may have stemmed from my left hip, which, for as long as I can remember, I have had difficulty with fully dropping it out to the side (a problem which isn't repeated on my right side.) I had tried to resolve this a good while before any of my pain started through soft-tissue work, hip mobility drills and glute activation, but had no luck. Ortho told me the X-Ray of my hip and pelvis was normal; Physio told me my left glute med. was slightly weaker, but apparantly I had no other problems; Chiro said my left psoas was weak, left piriformis was tight (with stiff SI-Joint) and that my right foot was more pronated. All in all, I don't know who to listen to. You're right too in saying about getting my balance issues assessed; however, financially I can no longer afford to continue seeing either the physio or the chiro. With regards to my current problems with walking, I don't know how to move back to my natural style- it makes me wonder if some muscles adapted during the time when I was playing around with stuff, leaving me unable to revert back. Only problem is, what I'm doing at the minute is causing pain. I've even tried going back to wearing shoes which had been pretty worn down, so that my feet would fall into what should be their natural 'groove' but now walking in those shoes is so uncomfortable and feels so unnatural, whereas before it would have felt fine.