If your hips hurt, you might wish to consider walking a different way.
Nordic Walking uses “walking sticks” (poles) and can help people with hip pain more than using a cane. A cane supports you on only one side, but walking with a pole in each hand gives you support on both sides.
Using these walking poles helps propel you forward.
They also cause you to swing your arms in a good, neutral position. When you swing your arms correctly as you walk (next to your body rather than in front of your body, and with your thumbs pointed upward as when you shake hands) you use all of your Continue reading “Hip Pain? Try Nordic Walking to Relieve Pain in Your Hips”
