09-13-2013, 08:39 AM
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Originally posted by David M
Walking on concrete...
So, has anyone really examined this issue? Exactly how much walking (in your home) does it take to make a verifiable difference? How much walking does one actually do just on their floors. Yea, I know we all stand in front of a sink or two, most guys in front of the porcelain throne sometimes, but mostly I find that I'm walking to a chair, to a sofa, to the bed, someplace I'm getting off my feet. If you're into the daily 10,000 step challenge, how many are just inside your house? Of course, there is an app for that. My guess is my daily, in the house average is under 1000, usually way under compared to outside. My own knees started going bad before I lived on a slab, Dr blamed it on my running.
Sooooo, just to be safe, there will be no walking in town on sidewalks, shopping only allowed in the older stores with wooden floors, no Target, Safeway, etc. Let's be safe out there.
David
Ninole Resident
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Walking is one of the things we do that is key to what our health, happiness, and longevity. We are not good walkers in my family and it shows up in the course of years. I mention family because your family has more to do with how you walk and what it does to you than any surface does. We learn to walk before we can discriminate the many factors such as inefficient motion, poor posture, poor rhythm, improper breathing, using too much force, and so on. It is an incredibly complex set of moves. We learn by imitating family members which one or ones seems to be the luck of the draw made by the mind of an infant. I have seen tiny children imitating their injured fathers walk and carrying that on to their children.
It is on of the most beautiful things to see when any human being has a fluid efficient graceful walk. We all should be so lucky.