Is walking every day enough exercise to keep your legs strong, your joints supported, and your balance steady as you get older?
Walking is excellent exercise, but it may not challenge your body enough to maintain the strength and mobility needed for stairs, lower chairs, uneven ground, and other everyday activities.
In this episode, physical therapist and osteoarthritis specialist Dr. Alyssa Kuhn explains the important gaps that walking alone may leave and how to fill them with just a few minutes of additional movement.
You’ll learn simple exercises to help you:
• Build leg strength with sit-to-stands • Improve side-to-side balance with lateral steps • Strengthen different muscles with backward stepping • Reduce hip stiffness with hip circles • Maintain knee mobility with alternating knee bends • Feel stronger and more confident while walking and climbing stairs
Each exercise can be modified based on your current strength, balance, and mobility. You don’t have to give up walking or add a long workout. These short strength, balance, and mobility exercises can complement your daily walk and help your body stay prepared for the activities you love.
Ready for a complete plan instead of guessing which exercises to do? Adventurers for Life gives you a step-by-step, joint-friendly workout path based on your current abilities.
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