Walking is almost as essential for human health as drinking water and eating food is. The human body is designed to walk and walking helps maintain our physical, mental, and emotional health. Every movement a baby makes from birth to 1-year-old is to help prepare for walking. Walking is essential to for brain development, immune response, digestion, and circulation.
Walking has been shown to lift our mood, boost creativity, increase metabolism, improve sleep, boost brain power, decrease pain, and decrease stress. Walking, like other exercise, can add up to seven years to our life and is considered a miracle drug because it helps prevent cancer, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, and many other problems.
Walking can be done anywhere and at any time and it might even be more beneficial to walk for 6 minutes 10 times a day than walk for 60 minutes once a day.
Walking is a great way to connect with friends or family, but can also be enjoyed alone or with a dog. There are extra benefits of walking in nature and barefoot.
This month I encourage you to get out and walk as much as you can and enjoy the many benefits. I highly suggest you do your personal OET exercise menu before walking to improve your posture so you get the most benefit from your walk. If you don't have a personalized menu, here are some exercises to prepare your body for a walk and another set of exercises to do after you walk. See if you can walk 10,000 steps a day this month.
If you have any foot problems I highly encourage you to read this article, try Correct Toes, get some good shoes, and contact me for a free posture evaluation.
If you have any foot problems I highly encourage you to read this article, try Correct Toes, get some good shoes, and contact me for a free posture evaluation.
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