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Walking Tip #12: Injuries

VIDEO Heather Kahn Reports

Should I worry about injuries?

According to Mark Fenton, editor of Walking Magazine, walkers are injured far less than runners.

In one 28 week training study, the walkers and runners showed similar improvements in fitness, but runners missed 8 times as many days due to injury, compared to the walkers. Most likely causes of injury:

-- Wearing shoes for too long (change pairs every 3 to 5 months)
--Not stretching (just four minutes) daily AFTER your walk
--Increasing the speed or length of your walks too abruptly; build up gradually.

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