The transition, right down to the more "feminine" way I walk now and the heeled/raise shoes I wear, has actually been very thereuputic for me. As it turns out, for a 6'/170 LBS person, I have a small skeletal frame...I only wear a size 9 shoe in men's and my hands are smaller than someone 6 inches shorter than me...and I also have extreme arches on my feet. Bascially, I have the skeletal frame of a woman at the moment but the muscle density of a male and it is hard on my bones/knees, especially when I wear "flatter" male shoes. I did the "guy walk" which was made worse by the military...my step was: heels, ball, toes to make that "I'm coming for you @$$!" pop in your step. This was starting to break down my knees and spine, and I was actually having to use a cane to get around, but no one could figure out what it was.
I changed my posture to more "fem", donned heels/ditched the flats, and keep to my toes/the balls of my feet when I walk with that slight "swoosh" to keep things in my muscles and not my bones so much. Short, just a little more than choppy steps...which is easy even with my long legs. Doing that for a month, and I only needed the cane once in a while. After I walked "like a girl" for a few months, I am off the canes completely.