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Chiropractors Urge Walking
for Better Health
A health minded program, "America on the Move" seems to
fit the Chiropractic model of wellness. From an April 9,
2004 release on PRNewswire, the American Chiropractic
Association (ACA) urges people to take an extra 2000
steps per day. America on the Move is a national
initiative dedicated to helping individuals and
communities make positive changes to improve their
health and quality of life.
To assist in this program chiropractors are urging
people to take some simple additional steps each day.
Dr. George McClelland, a chiropractor and member of
ACA's Wellness Committee, explains that, "Adding a short
walk to your lunchtime schedule, coupled with taking the
stairs at work rather than the elevator, could add up to
2,000 additional steps for many of us. And cutting just
one can of soda from your day and replacing it with
water can eliminate more than 100 calories."
According to Dr. McClelland, "Many health care providers
are now beginning to talk with their patients about
healthy lifestyles -- an approach doctors of
chiropractic have taken for many years. It's simply not
good enough to wait until someone gets sick to start
thinking about making them well. As we've seen, that
model of health care is just not working."
The article notes that the easiest way to keep track of
your extra 2,000 steps is to get your hands on a
pedometer, a small device that can count the number of
steps you take. It just might be the best 10 dollars
you'll ever spend. |
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