Ok, I might be normal in one regard. I'm pretty much at a yard per second.
walk faster than a yard per second
Checking a person’s mobility is fairly simple. Dr. Salamon likes the Get
Up and Go Test, where she asks a person to stand up from sitting in a
chair, walk 10 feet, turn around, walk back to the chair, and sit down.
“You look at how long that takes and how steady the person is,” she
says. Another way is just to watch how quickly people walk. They should
walk faster than a yard per second. If you walk that or faster, you’re
normal; if you’re slower, you have a gait problem, which increases your
chances of falling,” she says.More at link
Important post Dean. Therapists in general are so focused on safety they don't focus enough on walking speed. My personal goal is 5 feet/second so I can whiz past all the tourists in midtown Manhattan and jaywalk without getting flattened by a cab. I'm up to 2 feet/second so I have a very long way to go. Any ideas for increasing walking speed other than just trying to walk faster?
ReplyDeleteNo clue on how to walk faster
DeleteNo, no, no, no ,no. You're normal in no regards.
ReplyDelete6 nos, they all cancel each other out and make it a positive, I knew I was normal.
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