If you’re experiencing shin pain after an intense walking workout, you may be suffering from shin splints. The good news is that you can manage shin splint pain, and help to reduce your risk of shin splints by taking some simple steps
Category: Injury Prevention
Why walking is the best exercise for seniors like you
Staying active and walking is particularly important for seniors. Walking provides a number of physical and mental health benefits, and can reduce your risk of health complications or even death!
Protect your knees – 11 ways to get more steps pain-free
Keeping your knees healthy and feeling fresh is a must to keep active, lose weight and get fit. We cover how you can prevent knee injuries and what you can do to relieve minor knee pain.
Prevent 4 major causes of burnout and overtraining for happier walking
Feeling burnout from your walking routine? It’s natural! Whether you’re walking too much, feeling sore, or need a change – you can make your walks fun and rewarding with these simple tips!
Injury Prevention 101 for walkers – 7 tips to stay injury free and walk more!
The key to staying active and getting more steps is staying injury free! Prevent injuries before they happen and stop existing injuries from getting worse with these walking injury prevention tips!
Hand and ankle weights – why you shouldn’t weigh down your walks.
Walking with hand or ankle weights burns slightly more calories per hour, but it actually puts stress on your joints which can lead to soreness, joint damage, and injuries! Instead, build strength and flexibility safely.
Why you should walk for cardiovascular health and keep your heart healthy!
Walking is the most recommended form of cardio for its heart health benefits – both for people dealing with cardiovascular disease and those looking to prevent it. These safe walking tips will help keep your heart strong with less risk.
7 Sources of Foot Pain from Walking (and how to feel better!)
Your foot pain from walking could be normal soreness or a more serious injury. Learning the difference means treating your foot pain so you can walk longer distances and have more comfortable walks.
Here’s how walking can help to lower your blood pressure!
Walking can actually help to lower your blood pressure, in addition to all of walking’s other benefits to your health. Walking improves your fitness, strengthens your heart, and burns calories.
How walking can help back pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia and more!
Walking and staying active can actually benefit people dealing with back pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and other chronic conditions. Find out why walking promotes healing, and how to walk with less pain.