Walking is Good Medicine for Healthy Aging: MD Podiatrist
According to Dan Michaels, DPM, “The evidence to date supporting walking as a viable, successful form of exercise is irrefutable. And apparently, it is wonderful therapy for such a long list of conditions it should be part of the treatment program for nearly every disease and malady. Yet rarely if ever is it prescribed or discussed in detail, typically given only a cursory nod to its recommendation.”
“The study results are in. Higher levels of physical activity are associated with reduced all-cause mortality. If you don’t want to spend your last years, which are often longer than imagined, confined to a recliner, then get outside. Explore nature by walking our many trails. Take a brisk stroll and breathe in the fresh air. Soak in the sunshine. Exercise shouldn’t be work, even though you are working out. The evidence is inescapable: too many studies have provided definitive evidence on the topic: the human body needs to move,” says Dr.. Michaels.