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Ballenstand

English translation: stand on tiptoe, toe walking

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German term or phrase:Ballenstand, im Ballenstand gehen
English translation:stand on tiptoe, toe walking
Entered by: Anne Schulz

21:29 Dec 15, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / Therapeutic exercises to stimulate lymph flow
German term or phrase: Ballenstand
This term and the related phrase "im Ballenstand gehen" are used in instructions on how to perform therapeutic exercises to stimulate lymph flow (in lymphedema, for example). I know that it means standing on the balls of the feet or "stand on the balls of your feet" but I wonder if there is a more concise term?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
John Speese
United States
Local time: 06:08
stand on tiptoe
Explanation:
not very technical, but should work
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Anne Schulz
Germany
Local time: 12:08
Grading comment
Vielen Dank Anne!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1Toe walking
Tanja Boyandin
3 +1walk on the balls of your feet
Michael Martin, MA
3 +1stand on tiptoe
Anne Schulz


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
walk on the balls of your feet


Explanation:
Also:
assuming balls of feet position, standing on balls of feet etc..

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 06:08
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 49

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  José Patrício: Beidbeinige Drehung im Ballenstand - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Gj0Mmk4Mw
1 hr
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Toe walking


Explanation:
Maybe this would be an option...


    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21017-toe-walking#:~:text=Toe%20walking%20is%20a%20pattern,sign%20of%20a%20medical%20conditio
Tanja Boyandin
Switzerland
Local time: 12:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne Schulz: Let's put our suggestions together: mine for the "Stand" part and yours for the 'related phrase "im Ballenstand gehen"' (NB: In case there was some misunderstanding: Your answer was not yet up when I wrote mine.)
17 hrs
  -> No problem. I thought "toe walking" might be a more technical term, such as "Ballenstand" (contrary to "auf Zehenspitzen gehen"), but then I am not a native English speaker...
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
stand on tiptoe


Explanation:
not very technical, but should work

Anne Schulz
Germany
Local time: 12:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 182
Grading comment
Vielen Dank Anne!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Brent Sørensen: This sounds natural and is concise like the asker wanted
5 mins
  -> Thanks Brent :-)
disagree  Tanja Boyandin: it says "im Ballenstand gehen", so it should be walking
1 hr
  -> It actually says Ballen*stand*, and I trust that the asker is able to derive other expressions like "walk on tiptoe(s)", "tiptoe", "tiptoe exercises", "tiptoe maneuvres" as needed for his text ;-)
agree  writeaway: I agree that it seems that tiptoe is the correct English term. Asker is native English so as you say, he should be able to work it into his text.
14 hrs
  -> Thanks writeaway :-)
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