Walking speed and life expectancy related?

A British study found that: for people who walk fast and people who walk slowly, the length of life will be different

The University of Leicester in the UK conducted a 10-year-long study of 470,000 people aged 50 years or older on average and found that people who walk faster and those who walk slower have a longer life expectancy of 15 - 20 years compared to those who walk slower. But this study does not say that people who walk faster will live longer and that people who walk slower will not live as long as those who walk faster.

It just says that the difference in walking speed can reflect the different physical qualities of people

After a study by the University of Pittsburg, the United States found that the speed of walking is indeed related to the length of life, in 75-year-old people, if walking speed is less than 0.6 m / s the risk of death will increase, and if walking is more than 1 m / s, life expectancy will be longer.

Because walking fast, it means that the organs, muscles, and bones of the body can cooperate, if the body's functions decline, such as joint damage, how can walk fast? Just like young people and the elderly, some older people are physically fit, walking as well as not lose young people. Have you ever seen which one of the legs and feet flexible people are physically weak? So the results of this study are not entirely without reason.

So is it true that the faster you walk, the longer you can live?

You do not have to be too concerned about your walking speed, forcing yourself to walk faster on purpose, even beyond the normal amount of physical exercise. Although it is out of good intentions, may not be a healthy thing to do anything in moderation.

For example, for the elderly, physical deterioration, and joint degeneration, if the purpose of health to blindly increase their speed, may also lead to joint wear and tear, arthritis, and even affect future physical activity.

Moreover, it is not only the speed of walking that affects life expectancy, but also all aspects of life, such as whether life is regular, whether there are bad eating habits such as smoking and drinking, whether the body suffers from chronic diseases, etc. Can not say that a person is decades of old smokers, old alcoholics, walking faster as well as can offset the substantial damage to the body of alcohol and tobacco, so that people live longer, right?

So want to compare no exercise habits, even people who are too lazy to walk, you can insist on walking, your body is also gaining.

Not only is the speed of walking, you can judge the body's good or bad, look at the walking posture, you can also understand a little bit of their physical condition. When walking, head up, arms swing, eyes forward, the whole body's bones and joints will be involved, if the walking posture is very strange, it happens to be able to respond to the body whether there is a little problem.

The body is good, look at the walking posture to know

1. magnetic step

Magnetic step, that is, between the feet and the ground as if there is a magnetic attraction, walking when the feet can not lift, or even stick to the ground as if dragging the body walking.

People who have the magnetic gait are not only elderly people with limited mobility or patients who are ill and cannot move properly, but if a normal person has this condition, it may be caused by positive pressure hydrocephalus, which is a blockage in the brain that affects the circulation of fluid in the brain and cannot prevent dementia from occurring.

2. Foot-first landing

Normal walking is heel-first, but if the feet land palm-first, the body's nerves may not be able to control the leg muscles properly. For example, if the dorsal pedis muscle is not strong, the back of the foot will be heavier and land first.

In addition to muscle reasons, if there is cerebral palsy, hemiplegia, a lumbar disc herniation may also affect the dorsal pedis muscle.

3. spring-type walking

This kind of walking looks as if the soles of the feet are installed with springs, walking on the soles of the feet tiptoe, like a horse's hoof. This may be caused by neurological diseases in the body, such as nerve damage to the spine and nerve damage to the head, which will not only affect the walking posture but also make the joints stiff. If not controlled in time, surgery may be required.

4. Walking in a panic

This kind of gait is like walking in a hurry, panicking, and walking as if you can not brake, this situation is usually in middle-aged and elderly people, maybe with Parkinson's disease.

In fact, not only in the above-mentioned cases, if you find any change in posture when walking should pay attention to it, can not avoid it if the body has any abnormalities. The health of the body is better than any glory and wealth if you want to live a more exciting life, without a healthy body that can work. So want to be healthy, respond to the call of the state, and move it.