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By this point, everyone should have heard that walking is one of the easiest ways to stay active and lower the risks of chronic...

Chances are that if you enjoyed the 12-3-30 Treadmill Challenge, you may like the 6-6-6 Walking Challenge. The 6-6-6 walking challenge is a viral...

New research underscores the profound impact that a simple, accessible intervention can have on lifespan: walking faster. According to findings published in the American...

A study recently published in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine analyzing an underrepresented cohort of nearly 80,000 low-income Black Americans predominantly in the...

A new study analyzed pedestrian fatality data from 2019 to 2023 across all Florida counties. Using population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and...

Did you know that many seniors have trouble staying active? This is a big problem because staying active is important for both physical and...

Any activity like walking is better than prolonged sitting and should be encouraged. "Forest bathing" is a term used more in Japan for exercising...

Approximately 800 million people around the globe have lower back pain, and lower back pain is a leading cause of disability and reduced quality of life. Recently a clinical trial conducted by Macquarie University's Spinal Pain Research Group investigated whether walking could be an effective, cost-effective, and accessible intervention for lower back pain. Their findings have been published in The Lancet. 

Recently social media trends have podiatry experts sounding an alarm to de-feet the trend of going shoeless in public places. A barefoot lifestyle is far from new, but the grounding movement is resurfacing thanks to some “influencers” posts on the platforms boasting that walking barefoot is more natural and beneficial to your feet.

The ability to walk one kilometre comfortably can help predict fracture risk, according to researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. The findings, published today in JAMA Network Open, suggest that simply asking a patient about walking limitation could allow clinicians to identify those in need of further bone health screening and prescribe interventions that could prevent fractures from occurring. The researchers discovered that trouble walking even short distances appears closely tied to higher fracture risk over the following five years says the lead author of the study, Professor Jacqueline Center, Head of Garvan's Clinical Studies and Epidemiology Lab. Just a few simple questions about how far someone can walk could give doctors an early warning sign to check bone health.