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Got Back Pain? Take a Walk

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With all due respect to copyright law here’s the link to the Nat Geo article How walking can prevent lower back pain – https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/walking-lower-back-pain-prevention-treatment

And here’s the link to The Lancet study Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an individualised, progressive walking and education intervention for the prevention of low back pain recurrence in Australia (WalkBack): a randomised controlled trial – https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00755-4/fulltext

I’ve been on and off a heating pad for a week. I finally felt good enough to back to the Y and do some resistance training which included back stretches on one of those medieval looking torture devices. I went for a short walk today and my back feels better.

Keep moving.

Walk or Run? Think Distance, Not Speed

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Researchers evaluated 33,060 runners in the National Runners’ Health Study and 15,045 walkers in the National Walkers’ Health Study. Dr. Thompson said there will be more results coming from the data. The study found:

  • Running reduced the risk for first-time hypertension 4.2%, and walking reduced it by 7.2%.
  • Running cut the risk for first-time high cholesterol 4.3%, and walking reduced it by 7.0%.
  • Running cut the risk for first-time diabetes 12.1%, and walking decreased it by 12.3%.
  • Running reduced coronary heart disease 4.5% compared with 9.3% for walking.

via Walk or run? Think distance, not speed, for health benefits – amednews.com.

GREAT NEWS for this aging tortoise who no longer runs 10-k’s due to bilateral knee osteoarthritis.