02/18/2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/18/health/walking-speed-physical-therapy-gait-wellness/index.html
"You move like a pregnant Yak!"
The only gait speed you need to be worried about is the ability to take 10 to 20 steps.
You don't need a physical therapist, if you are following the advice of this article, which is mostly crap.
Your gait speed, after the 7th decade of life, can be used as a "predictor" of early mortality, as it indicates a level of disability, which in aging is a typical 12 year journey into death.
Have a great day walking the planet!
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