Walking Arm Swing Predicts Dementia
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Sir I have a problem with my left hand.while I am walking my left hand dont feel. I have also tennis elbow problem and I am 27 years old.
Thank you! 🌷
Got some supplements in that video? Got to make money right?
If you really want more views, critique Biden’s nervous system when he is on stage being brain dead
So what happens if you walk a dog for 1hr a day. You don't really swing the arm thats holding the lead?
Great news lm 82 and for the last fifteen years l have been in a Marching Team and l am still going strong l also go to exercise class twice a week and will do as long as lm standing 👌😂💪💪👏👏👏
That’s awesome. My grandma lived to 96 and was in a seniors exercise class at that age. She even did a little bit of a chin up on a tree branch and demonstrated her exercise ball 2 weeks before she passed away! 😁 It’s great to hear of elderly staying active!
Awesome, Mavis!
Keep moving. It's a life saver.
Good for you I'm pushing 70 I do that and come home and fall asleep at the dinner table, LOL 😄
Congratulations
My pediatrician was not fond of walkers for the very reason
He told me to keep my babies crawling.
Parkinson's... My sister was diagnosed 4 years ago. She began going to the gym, was doing well, but stopped. Within a few months, she needed a walker, she kept falling, her feet not responding to catch balance. Now, she's chair bound all the time, has a live-in aide.
I've another friend with Parkinson's who was diagnosed well over 10 years ago.
Every day he works hard around his property, cutting, splitting, stacking firewood. He builds things, sheds, structures, hauls stone and puts in his downhill driveway to prevent washout. He works hard, every day.
He is a musician, he has a studio, spends his nights recording his own songs and songs of friends. In the past few months, he has lost the ability to sing and play an instrument at the same time, but he knows how to recruit friends to back him up. He is fearless.
Two weeks ago, he hiked 38 miles of the Appalachian Trail, full overnight pack, in Pennsylvania.... it is quite rocky in places.
His gait is somewhat compromised, and his speach is slurred... but he pushes on, stays active, and as vigorous as possible. He inspires me.
He is an inspiration to me too!
Truly remarkable man!
Your sister ..is not any worse than this man who 'inspires' you guys.
@@maciejguzek3442 Yes, she is. What I'm pointing out is that physical activity will extend a Parkinson's mobility.
My friend is still staunchly independent, whereas my sister is not. Keep moving, working, working out.
Have them both tested if they actually have bartonella.
I have lesions, asked my neurologist if I could have dementia, she said no. My arms don't swing..... I noticed this and have made a conscious effort to swing them, so thank you for this!
This has also helped explain my daughter's dyslexia.
You are amazing, enjoy your channel so much!
My right arm rarely swings, and I believe this started a few decades ago. I also had calcific tendonitis in that shoulder. I'm going to make a point of getting it to swing.
I have been walking with Nordic walking sticks for several years which forces the arms to swing and maintains arm muscles. It might be helpful for seniors to start doing this as dementia prevention. It is also fun and exercises almost all muscles in the body.
While I was watching the video I was thinking the exact same thing. Would it help?
great tip!
I love standing upright & walking, looking around at the environment & sky. Taking in deep breathes & rejoicing in the natural world. The effect of the motion cures everything for me. We were hunter gatherers for 100s of thousands of years. It’s such a natural process. Just had a grandchild. She gets so excited going outdoors.
Thank you for the input.
Isn't that the truth. You sound like someone I'd like to be around!!
This is wonderful info. I'm 71 and work with seniors in an activity center. Never had heard this before watching your video. I've been intentionally noticing how I'm walking. Also, watching my family and friends! Bless you, Dr Ekberg!!!
Oh My Gosh--The man in the example video looks like Joe Biden!!!!!
@@judywooldridge5781 I was thinking the very same thing, when I saw that guy.
@@fringedwellermccatintyre730 Joe Biden is at late stages, His gait is totally disjointed. Propping the man up as President is an embarrassment. Our news media is corrupt.
@@danielhood4062 I'd like to know the identities of the oligarchs/deep staters, power brokers, whatever, who got him in to the Oval Office. They stole an election and they're all ruining the nation together, while Biden drools away.
@@judywooldridge5781 looks more like trump to me
I learnt this in a Kinesiology workshop 30 years ago, repaterning the brain, muscle testing etc. Interesting stuff not touched on enough, thanks doc.
I too took applied kinesiology classes and we did testing before and after such exercises for muscle strength. This cross crawl patterning occasionally worked the opposite for some people. And also if simply holding a nickel could sap an otherwise strong muscle consider all the effects of clutching phone devices. I’ve not tested it but am curious.
@@eleanorcramer7986 travelling good makes new pathways
I also found out about it in kinesiology years ago and it changed my life
I’m 68 years old and have signs of dementia. I will watch my gate and others around me. Thanks for this video.
The military was onto something with close order drills,long marches and those cool cadence rhymes.
Yes but it’s all erased by many over drinking alcohol
This is incredible , it’s one of the few times I have heard Cross Crawl mentioned and the impact on dyslexia . Used Cross Crawling with great success on improving my dyslexia . It certainly changed my life for the better.
I remember Billy Connolly saying a guy stopped him and said, "I'm a brain surgeon, I've seen you walking around the hotel and i'd advise you to see your Doctor immediately" and that's how he found out he had Parkinson's.
Wow!!!
Whoa! Thank God for that Dr! Hopefully he got meds and everything he needed.
Similar story, I was at the pool and a guy came over and said he was a doctor and told me
to get a mole checked out. When I got home I got my doctor to look at the mole and told him about the doctor at the pool. Turns out it was a melanoma cancer and they got it at stage 1.
@@minabrown5782 I had a lawn guy tell me to get my moles removed. Our lawn looks great now.
@@davidlarson9975 Unfortunately, the moles got to my mugwort before I could get to them. My arm swing too slow and uncoordinated. What a complicated garden we live in! I should have brought a couple of the snakes in a plane back with me to the yard. But even then they likely would have slithered past my uneven gates. Thanks to this video I will have that fixed. But that's not exactly a walk in the park & sons keep asking "are we yet there" but I think what they meant was "are we there yet". I really should not have pushed them to walk before their time. So now we all take yoga classes to relearn how to crawl all over again and since I join them they say I look like a crawl-daddy. But that's what I mentia do de whole time.
Fascinating! I knew about the link between babies who don't crawl and dyslexia, but I had not heard that the lack of a proper gait is a harbinger of dementia. Thank you so much, Dr. Ekberg! Very helpful information!
my kids never crawled , and they are perfectly healthy , collage graduates and good human beings .
So basically, walking like a zombie means you're brain is beginning to rot, so don't walk like a zombie
Yup, try not to walk like a zombie. 🧟♂️ 👀👎🏻
🎶 Walk like an Egyptian... 🎶
@@arrington77 You got here ahead of me!
@@arrington77 And do a moderate Charleston, a bouncy, arm swingy dance.
Sounds like someone we all know in DC
This is fascinating, makes perfect sense to me, and was explained very well. On a lighter note, it looks like Mick Jagger's gonna live to be 200!
Mick Jagger is only 35, he has done so many drugs he looks 200.
@@radamson1 lol..true..!
🤣👍
Joe Biden
@@radamson1 * 78 years.
We used to lived in Shanghai China for 7 years. We've noticed that the older people walk in the park almost everyday but not only that, they also walk backwards. We were curious and so we asked and they said... it's good for the brain. Then maybe it is.
I walk backwards descending stairs in my home for my arthritis, less wear on the knees.
This has to be one of the most interesting and useful videos I've seen on you tube.
Many thanks.
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Same
@@drekberg I wish you had shown a video of someone walking with a proper arm swing. How are we supposed to know how far to swing them? And lastly, isn't there any acceptable variation among individuals? Please respond, thank you.
@@Cosmo-Kramer .. take notice of arm swing in groups of people in public places/shopping malls. I am benefiting from these vids for my own health concerns. Practice, practise. 😉
@@1Daryle Why would I do that, not knowing who's doing it right and who's doing it wrong?
In my 30s learning standing “cross crawl” was the ticket for me to learning to balance the left & right hemispheres of my brain. I was learning flamenco dance at the same time and went from acting like I had 2 left feet to having my feet fluidly know exactly when and where my feet were to go merely by focusing my listening to the music. Two speech therapists in the “brain gym” class shared how astounded they were in their young clients’ speech when the first dud cross crawl exercises. We are definite believers.
My daughter did brain gym I agree
My god im glad I come across you today. I never swing my arms ever . And I do have issues with my mind
Thank you so much 💓
So glad this 3 year old video popped up this morning ! Thank you ! Reading comments made me look up standing cross crawl. I have to remember to do this and incorporate arm swings ! Thanks again !
This makes perfect sense.Recovering from spinal cord injury so I know this to be true.
Swing your arms evenly. What can help is to lead with your shoulders first, then yours arms will follow. By leading with your shoulders, your spine will have a slight twisting movement, lubricating and nourishing your discs. Try it.🚶🏻♀️👍
thank you general. would this lubrication of the discs restore some height lost in the process of getting to my eight decade?
@@rosannazink9140, It can help to restore or prevent further height loss. You don’t have to “overdo” the twist. A slight twist is enough. Also, on your daily walks, try to put a slight lift upward from the balls of your feet with each step to achieve a small “bounce” in your step. You don’t want to walk flat footed with no bounce where you place your heal down and do not lift up slightly onto the balls of your feet. This movement is probably more difficult than just the arm swinging because you have to put a lot more energy into it and it’s more fatiguing when you are new with it. Your calf muscles will get exercised for sure. It’s difficult to do this because we can get lazy and forget to add this part of your walk. I’ve forgotten this part many times because if your back hurts, you will naturally want to avoid this and gradually leave it out. If your back hurts, just do a slighter rise up on the balls of your feet, but at least try to engage your calf muscles.👍
Wow thank you for your explanation.
Good info General. My walking is interspersed with little jogs. That certainly gets the shoulders and arms moving.
Leading with the shoulder, will that increase risk of fractures in spine, for those with osteoporosis? I'm afraid to twist my spine too much!
My Mom was always afraid of developing dementia. Since watching this I realize now that maybe she could have worried less if she had known this because she walked every day and swung her arms. She was sharp as a tack until she passed of pancreatic cancer.
My husband had Parkinson’s and we tried very hard to get him to move his arms and stand even a little straighter. He could do this for only a few seconds. Parkinson’s hits a person from so many angles at once it’s hard to work on even one situation.
Cannabis is pretty incredible when it comes to parkinsons
I really needed something else to worry about🤣
I'm happy to see you,( doctof)explaining dementia. This needs to happen on more posts.
Very revealing, I live in an large Retirement Community so I'll be looking around for this. Thank you for this info.
Great information. Never stop moving. Avoid chairs.
Thank you Dr.Ekberg, For this additional and priceless information. So much to learn about ourselves and our potential.
I've always thought that playing guitar, singing and dancing was keeping me alive. Maybe I've been right
The doctors and farmacy industry love to help you. Even when you can help to yourself. We are the best diagnosist to ourselves. Thank you for the advices . I am 56 years old and I work on my heath by the guidelines from you and some other doctors. And I feel much better every day. I was on the downfall road, but now I feel great. Thank you.
I've always understood that by swinging your arms while walking it improved your blood circulation.!
Now that I understand the other factors related to arm swing I will certainly be more conscious of my own while walking!
Great info Dr Ekberg! I wish I would have this known 20 years ago with my Mom! Your holistic approach is really mindblowing. Thanks for your lectures.
Put your phone down while your walking, apart from anything else it’s dangerous, and join the army (joke). This makes absolute sense to me. Thank you.
I saw this with my mother who suffered with dementia.
She also had problems with her eyes where she couldn't see many items behind a single item such as in a refrigerator. Her brain only permitted her to see the single item.
In the early ‘60s I was a child with reading problems, now known as dyslexia. My folks did everything they could to teach me to read. I was like a lab animal going from specialist to specialist. Many were not just doctors specializing in this or that, but researchers, researching this and that. They researched my eyes, my balance, my blood chemistry, my hearing, and certainly my sanity. They never found a cure. I eventually taught myself how to read at 24.
I remember if Physician mad me do crawling exercises that emphasized looking at my forward hand and crawling with good and exaggerated form. They were humiliating. Had I done them better, longer, or more often perhaps they would have helped or perhaps they did help but slowly.
Valuable information thank you so much. I have dyslexia but so far I've been moving my arms like I'm supposed to but now I have an awareness.
Excellent. Keep paying attention to the symmetry and the amplitude of your arm swing.
I love the "what ifs" and the brain training exercises! Workout the brain ~ GAIT PRECISION! ANY PREVENTIVE MEASURES are necessary for many! I'm motivated to motivate others because I care! Thank you for sharing and caring! You're BLESSED 🙌 and a BLESSING 🙌 always ~~~~
wow, never heard of this before. great info as always dr. sten
Thank you spive21. I have had all of the chiropractic neurology classes, but just never got the license because you have to train with another doctor for a while getting hours. Chiropractic neurology is fascinating. In chiropractic neurology, we look for more things than a typical chiropractor and most neurologists do.
Thank you for your work Dr.Ekberg. 🙏 It seems simple enough but when you're suffering it's embarrassing even to myself . Or course the struggle is worth the reward and the work you do is a light in the darkness .I'm going to start with simple alternating exercises
Never heard of this before never paid attention. I am going to have to take notice. Great video
Thanks for this excellent review of something so simple to see and detect in our patients and ourselves! Great content and delivery!
Thank you Douglas C. Mills.
Thank you so much for this fascinating information. I learned something new today (as I always do from you Dr. Ekberg) and will be more observant to my loved ones and retired friends around me.
Thank you misottovoce. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile.
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I almost got kicked out of basic training because my arm and leg on the same side moved together while marching. It stood out out like like a sore thumb in formations and made the instructor's head explode. They made me guard the canteens during the graduation parade. Wish I had this info then.
What about standing on a stage with your arms locked at a rigid 90 degrees and your fists clenched? Asking for a friend.
Let's go Brandon!
@@jonpevehouse get off that let’s go Brandon crap it’s old and boring
HAHA... hit a nerve?
@@isabellathepinkpoodle639 says you and only you
@@isabellathepinkpoodle639: No, it's not old, nor is it boring. From college football stadiums to old geezers at NASCAR events it's gaining popularity. It's even gone International. These are irrefutable facts, and facts don't care about your opinion. Deal with it.
Dr.Ekberge You are the best!! thank you very much am i going to keep those arms moving... You help me so much in those videos and it works...you are a fresh breeze..God bless you sir..
Thank you, great information. Will make all my relatives march in front of me :o)
Watch them walk without telling them. When people know you are watching they will change the way the move.
A perfect example of the loss of gait swing - Brandon! He gone.
Please tell me who is Brandon? I am seeing reference to Brandon on so many comments.
@@janetbransdon3742 I was wondering that too and have just been looking at vids about this. I think Brandon, is referring to let's go Brandon. A car driver, his name is Brandon, was interviewed after a race, during the interview the crowd were chanting something not nice to Biden. The journalist than said they were chanting "let's go Brandon" so now it's everywhere, it's the equivalent of saying you know what. And it's kinda like code between those that are disatisfied with the current regime.
@@janetbransdon3742 I guess you've been off planet for the last couple of weeks. It's a meme of "F*ck Joe Biden".
This is why Biden ‘s handlers tell him to swing his arms when he walks, lest he forget🌬🧑🏼🦼🚑🥴🤤🧟♂️👹🏁👍
Exactly what I was thinking
Thank you very much for raising awareness of this topic! Please make a follow-up video with excercise tips for the elderly or infirm who are already dependent on walkers [jag syftar på rullatorer/explanatory remark in Swedish], and who therefore do not have the important gait and arm swing.
Wow that was so interesting Dr! Your explanations are making something, as abstruse or highly technical information, more easy to understand. The parallel of work out a muscle and the brain makes sense, thank you so very much.
Never ending purveyor of knowledge. Bravo.
Your work is appreciated. Thank you.
Wow that's pretty amazing and offers some insight into why walking regularly can help prevent dementia.
Thank you Dr.Ekberg now I try to be conscious of my gait reflex and to swing both arms while walking. We never gave it much thought until this video that it is an indicator of mental deterioration. Better late than never to start doing and so I also shared this info to my friends.
Bravo for this lecture!
A friend got into a college program to become a PE teacher and even get her masters. Within a semester she found out her high school never caught her dyslexia or sensory processing disorder that finally came to light in the program. She had to drop out because she could not keep up with the reading. Her life continued downhill for decades. She gets exploited very easily by authority figures.
I was a Special Ed teacher. Most of my students were on one extreme or the other in motor skills. Yes, gross/large movement is fundamental.
Thanks for this important information. I will be aware of this issue in myself. Parkinson and Alzheimers run in my family. Happy Holidays 😊
This is so true in the case of my father in law. He started having trouble walking, and his arms no longer swing! He now has dementia. I've actually noticed signs of this for years now, but the walking issue is more recent. So interesting to see this video!
After stroke , other brain parts relearn to communicate , and can bring back a lot of lost movements. Good point to remind ourselves about it. Use it or lose it.
This just popped up as a recommendation, glad I watched it, how interesting, never thought about your gait, will be looking with more interest at how other people walk, now, where are my car keys?
This is amazing information. My father in law started walking like he was holding suitcases . He stood very awkwardly, leaning to one side and would sometimes lose his balance. He was diagnosed with parkinson's about 7 years ago and unfortunately he passed away in Monday.
Sorry for your loss
Excellent information, thank you, dementia is such a big problem now, having knowledge of preventatives is great. I have also heard a proper walking gait being a mechanical means to pump the fluid around the lymphatic system.
Really enjoy your channel! Am a subscriber and glad to be....learning a lot to stay healthy without a lot of drugs, THANK YOU! 👍
I became aware of this years ago when my brother’s doctor noticed it in him and suspected Parkinsons. It turned out not to be but I started noticing my own gait and that I would sometimes walk with my arms crossed or that one arm swings more than the other. Going to pay more attention now for sure.
So important, thank you!!!🙏🏼 would love to hear more about supporting/ nourishing dopamine receptors too.
Yes, I am 77 years old , diagnosed w Parkingson Disease Last year. I walked 5000 steps a day . I am now completing physical and Occupational therapy. Thank you.
Please discuss improving uptake of dopamine, to
Following diagnosis.
My Mom had a "lateral" gait at least 20 YEARS before she started showing signs of dementia. Tried for all that time to get her to pay attention. Always worried about it, nice to know that my focus is a good idea.
What is a lateral gait?
@@laurieparis2203 That's when the arm and leg on the same side swing together. In horses, it's called a "pace" instead of a "trot". For a person, it can really mess w your ability to maintain proper balance at a walk.
Powerful and helpful information. Thank you Dr. Ekberg! I love having the chance to make a difference in my health! I would never had known this without you and your video.
Wow! Excellent video. Never heard this before. I’m going to be checking myself out and others. Thank you so much doctor!
Mind blowing information. Thank you!
Thank you Susan Brownell.
You are the best. I learn so much from your videos. Thank you.
Thank you Susan Brownell.
Great topic Dr Ekberg, thank you
Dr Ekberg I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your help offered to those people who seek it. Your information is critical to those who wish to take some agency over lives that we can so often feel so powerless to effect. Your knowledge is empowering me to improve my life and care for those around me, even if they find it annoying.
Wow, I love this video. Thank you so much, it’s so important to be aware of what to look out for. I am going to now pay attention to arm swing in my loved ones
Hi Dr. Sten, Thank you for presenting this information. In fact very informative and helpful. Could you also help providing tips on how to prevent such conditions during the early stages while one starts showing symptoms like one arm swing ? Thank you again
I use gait in daily life. For me, focused detail oriented minds, vs, big picture long term thinking, is indicated in the swing or lack of on one side. Works 89% of the time.
Wow!! Such impactful information. Thank you so much!!
When COVID forced many of us to become homebodies, I spent most of my days inside my house.
Six months of a sedentary non mobile (no walks around the neighborhood) I began having trouble walking. Stumbled a lot and had forgotten how to maintain my gait.
Watching others walk, I realized I was not swinging my arms. At first, I had to force myself to swing my arms as I walked. Soon I was naturally swinging my arms as I walked.
This simple change has allowed me to regain my natural gait and balance. I now walk daily and after a couple of months, I no longer struggle or stumble as I walk.
I love my daily walks and look forward to getting out of the house every day.
Thanks so much. I remember seeing this in my father who had dementia. I remember my mother telling him to stop shuffling and to pick up his feet. This happened before any of us saw signs of dementia.
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@@velvetbees You can turn that "Race" into a "Crawl", if you live a meaningful life.
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I'm freaked out now. Especially after my mom died of Alzheimer's not too long ago. I have never been a big arm swinger though, even in my teens and 20's. And especially in my right arm. I swing a little, I just don't do very big swings. And often I have things in my hand or arm when I'm at work, and in that case I like to keep my hand close to my body.
😂😂😂
Now think of Jobama OBiden walking around.
Thank you, Dr. Ekberg...Great video and advice!
Thanks for uploading this super doc
I am so glad I found this information. I am 52 but I’ve noticed that I am becoming uncoordinated and losing my balance a lot. I was diagnosed with vertigo. I will pay more attention to the arm swing It might help with the unsteadiness.
Unsteadiness can also be helped by practicing just standing on one leg. You can do it at home, or even in a queue in a supermarket. My sister lost all hearing in one ear due to a virus, leaving her balance all over the place, (for a year) but after several weeks of practice in a balance class for the elderly (she was in her 50's and the baby of the class), initially just a few seconds at a time, eventually she was able to balance on top of one of those balance balls (on both legs on the ball), but on one leg easily on the ground. Do it in the shower too, when you wash your feet, it really does make a difference! Please try it?
@@jesshothersall thanks, how do you know and any reference. Just curious. Thanks
Great info Dr. Ekberg!! Thank you 🙏
Wow, I am so happy I clicked on your video. New subscriber ❤️
Thank you, very good. Aside from dimentia, just loss of mechanical balance can lead to an accident resulting in days in bed, and independence-robbing muscle loss.
The US Army taught me 40 years ago " 9" to the front and 6" to the rear" when marching or walking.
Great, now I have to think about what my arms are doing when I walk. Thanks.
This is a great video!
Great information 😊 Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Felicia Crowe93.
Mind blowing, my mom had dementia she would shuffle her feet, she was clumsy, she would fall alot. All of this started happening I'd say 12 years before we knew about the dementia. But. Even to this day I did not realize that the shuffling, clumsiness, and falling had to do with the dementia 🤯
Mine too! I think the falling was because of her eyesight. When she had to go to the nursing home because of the uncontrollable dementia, they kept her in a chair so she didn't fall anymore. Wish someone had fixed her cataracts, it might have made a difference.
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~Just went over this topic with my husband about a niece of mine who is now in College! We weren't sure if she was going to make the leap smoothly.. ( she has had some large social development issues to overcome). She is flourishing independently though, and one of the tings we were always aware of was with her; was her lack of arm swim when walking. She was never dyslexic but she was exposed to an MAOi in the womb due to my sisters doctor NOT taking her off the drug soon enough during her first trimester! I do believe our attention and awareness about what this means has heavily influenced how well we were able to pull her through! FANTASTIC VIDEO! THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING ON IT!
It means we need to put our phones away and start walking normally with our arms swinging beside us. Thank you for this video!
My dog isn't going to like this. I deliberately hold one arm still so as not to yank on his leash 😂
Had a hemorrhagic stroke 5 years ago. To create new movement patterns you have to focus to do it. I have had to work at maintaining my gait when walking for exercise. My wife will let me know about my posture as well. I'm 59.
Thank you!!!! I will definitely be paying attention from now on!!!!
Thank you so much, this is fantastic to know, and been enjoying your videos for nearly 2 years now.
I've been practising a new technique called "bio-tuning", brainwaves soundtracks listened to on quality headphones (60 ohms) daily, and there is a sound table to accompany as well.
I've been practising and studying with Dr. Jeffrey Thompson for 1+1/2 years now, and I truly enjoy the results. Meditative, relaxing and peaceful. One cd specifically named "Beyond" is one of many of his CDs to take note of.
Looking forward!
68 year old woman now some what frightened but this too shall pass. Noticed right arm swinging much more during intense daily walking. Thought how strange but as I am dyspraxic I became accustomed to many peculiarities both physically and mentally long ago. The good news is I am "An exception to the rule" sort of person and have fought against this brain difference my entire life. When one of my feet couldn't take the walking and avoiding surgery I simply returned to cycling but now upright.All my life I have had contempt for old people who just give up and let age overtake them like all but one in my extended family. Now I'm the second and full steam ahead. Funny thing is I am in much better over all condition than nearly all my contemporaries because of my tenacity. They continue to wonder why I am constantly challenging the affects of aging rather than rolling with it. In a way I have my lifelong frustrating brain abnormality to thank for my drive. So far so good. Mind body and spirit.
I try to walk 7-8km every day and am still working full time (am not young) in a mentally challenging role. I have been fascinated to watch young people walking along hunched over their phone engrossed in their activity to te point where they would walk into me, unless I stepped out of their way or said something. It seems they might be well on the way to dementia coupled with poor hearing (hearing loss is a function of volume level and temporal exposure).
Thank you for sharing this info. I learned something new.
I have Been incorporating marching exercises with all my elder clients. It’s challenging but good for them.