Physiotherapist shares the one thing you need to do every day if you want to age “gracefully.”
- Physiotherapist shared a simple tip to stay active
- Sammy Spiegel said you should walk for at least ten minutes a day
A physiotherapist has told you what you should do every day to stay healthy and age “the graceful way”.
Sammy Spiegel said never to underestimate the importance of daily walking to ‘keep the joints moving’ and ‘stay active’.
She highly recommends taking a short 10-minute walk daily or incorporating healthy choices into your lifestyle, such as choosing the farthest parking spot when grocery shopping or taking the stairs above the elevator.
In a TikTok video, Sammy said, “I understand the double-edged sword that walking can be for a lot of people – a lot of people are in pain, so they don’t walk. And not walking leads to more pain.
“I get it, but do this for yourself. You deserve it, you’re worth it.’
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Physiotherapist Sammy Spiegel (pictured) said he should never underestimate the importance of daily walking to ‘keep joints moving’ and ‘stay active’
Sammy suggested starting small and incorporating walking into your daily lifestyle.
“Start with easy things like looking for the furthest parking space instead of the nearest, take the stairs if you can instead of the elevator if you don’t have knee pain holding you back,” she said.
‘When you go shopping, don’t lean on the cart until you absolutely have to because of low back pain. Try to stay upright for as long as possible before relying on a device to prop you up.
Alternatively, she suggested walking up and down your hallway several times a day, or “force yourself” to walk to the mailbox every day.
“Get a dog that forces you to take a short walk and take it out for a walk — just find ways to walk for 10 minutes, start there if you can,” said Sammy.
“I understand that some of you can’t, I understand that we are not all the same at the time. But for those of you who can, do it yourself. And then at a certain point you’ll like it if you don’t do too much too soon.’
Sammy also mentioned that her father passed away suddenly at the age of 61.
“Funny when people are alive, we talk about ourselves as starting to get old and feeling old, like when we’re in our 50s and 60s. But when someone dies at that age, all of a sudden we’re like, ‘oh wow, they were so young. They died too early,” she said.
‘And how our perspective on all of that suddenly changes.’
The TikTok video has since been viewed more than 10,000 times and hundreds of people have expressed their condolences.