- Tips for choosing and using canes - Mayo Clinic
A cane can improve balance or help with mobility after an injury or disability There are quite a few options to choose from Learn more about your choices and how to pick a cane that's right for you Talk to your doctor, physical therapist or another member of your health care team for suggestions
- The ultimate Natural walking stick wood - Oregon Hikers
Re: The ultimate Natural walking stick wood Post by raven » April 27th, 2009, 7:38 pm M D , you should not be dismissive of hollow bamboo -- as used in most ski poles of the past -- for use in walking poles
- Walking: Make it count with activity trackers - Mayo Clinic
Think about your overall fitness and activity goals Your short-term goals are the building blocks to these long-term goals A long-term goal may be walking 10,000 steps a day, or about 5 miles (8 kilometers), several times a week as part of your new daily routine Some studies suggest that walking 7,000 steps a day may be enough to prolong
- Foot drop - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
To help the foot clear the floor, a person with foot drop may raise the thigh more than usual when walking, as though climbing stairs This unusual kind of walking, called steppage gait, might cause the foot to slap down onto the floor with each step In some cases, the skin on the top of the foot and toes feels numb
- Hip fracture - Symptoms causes - Mayo Clinic
Weight-bearing exercises, such as walking, help maintain peak bone density Exercise also increases overall strength, decreasing the risk of falling Balance training also is important to reduce the risk of falls since balance tends to deteriorate with age Avoid smoking or excessive drinking Tobacco and alcohol use can reduce bone density
- Trekking poles. . . 1 or 2? - Oregon Hikers
I've used both For bushwhacking, like I've done in the rainy, heavy underbrush Cascades, one solid, wood walking stick works well However, in flat Texas now, I use two called FitnessWalkers, for the exercise I so desperately need The curved wood fits perfectly in my hands And I get an upper body workout with these walking sticks
- Siskiyou-Boundary Trail explorations (S Oregon) 25-Feb-2015
which was a good shape except for the few occassions where the forest had joined the trail (walking stick is 5' long) My goal for the day was the summit of Swan Mountain, which soon came into view, along with that of ever reliable Mt McLoughlin
- Meralgia paresthetica - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Treatment For most people, the symptoms of meralgia paresthetica ease in a few months Treatment focuses on relieving nerve compression
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