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Walking Is An Excellent Way To Reduce Pain
Walk for your health! Walking has SO many benefits and is one of the most natural and easiest movement programs you can do. You used to walk, run, jump, hop, tumble and move in lots of fun ways when you were little.
And you didn't have pain then. Your hips did not hurt. Your knees had no pain. No corns or calluses on your little feet. You were so busy!
But, oh dear. Then you went to school. You started sitting more and using your muscles less. You started getting poor posture, aches and pains. You were moving less. See the connection? Less movement equals more aches and pain.
So it's not that "you are getting old." It's that you are getting rusty. And the good news?
Walking is the answer! When you walk you use all parts of your body. The joints in your feet, ankles, knees and hips will all be moving again!
When your arms swing at your sides as you walk (and they should) you are also moving the joints and muscles in your spine, ribs, shoulders and neck.
Walking turns you into a movement machine--just like you were when you were little.
What else is good about walking? It helps get rid of depression. It burns calories. It is low impact. It's all natural. It counts as exercise.
Just about anyone can start a walking program and be taking steps to wellness. But what if you have aches and pains that are keeping you from walking?
I love telling the story about my friend. Rosalie had such bad hip pain from years of non-activity that she could not walk up the stairs in her home. She had to crawl on all fours.
She has diabetes and used that as her excuse not to walk or move. When her two doctors each said it would be a wonderful idea for her to walk she wasn't happy. But she started walking.
Rosalie could hardly walk in her house at first but she did. Then she started walking in her yard and then her neighborhood. Now she walks and walks and even walks with Nordic poles!
Rosalie does not have hip pain anymore. The neuropathy (numbness) in her feet is gone. Her lung capacity improved 100%. Her lung specialist said, "Rosalie, no one ever comes in here better. They are always worse."
I love Rosalie's walking story but it's not the only one. People of all ages start walking and start feeling better (after a while.) When you walk you get sunshine (and natural vitamin D3 which is needed for good health), fresh air and a change of scenery.
As you start your walking program, your joints will begin to loosen up. They will start to be happier and feel better. You will enjoy the same "feel good" hormones that runners get because your muscles and joints will be happy to be moving again.
You were built to move!
About the Author
And now I'd like to invite you to claim your free report "Secrets of a Healthy Walker" at
Walking Smart
(<-- click here.)
Little aches and pains don't have to stop you.
Learn how to go from having pain to being pain free, how to find shoes that fit and much more. I'm Kathryn Merrow, The Pain Relief Coach, and I look forward to helping you
get walking
again!
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