There are plenty of ways to fit walking into your daily agenda. Do you own a dog? Take it for a fine, long walk. Anything under 10 minutes doesn’t count. It may only have been ten minutes, but in a week that equals to 70 minutes, which is quite a great deal of walking. If you walk your dog in the morning and in the afternoon then that number is multiplied by two. Perhaps you can try walking to work, or at least some of the way? This is something you can do regardless how far you live from your office. A 30-minute walk to work is feasible, and if you walk to and from work you’ll be walking for an hour per day. If you use the bus to get to your office, you can just try to begin using a stop that’s a little farther from either end. Adding more walking into your daily routine is a breeze.

If you want to improve your body’s overall health, start walking. The reason is that walking is one of the best aerobic exercises. This means it’s not only great for your heart, but you’ll experience weight loss too. You don’t have to be concerned about overworking your joints or muscles like when running, since you can go as slowly as you must. I have a lean brother who seems to be able to gobble up anything he wants and stay lean. I asked him about it. He tells me doesn’t know how he does it, but he say that he walks a lot each day. At the least it now makes sense. There’s no excuse not to exercise, when walking is very uncomplicated.

You’re more likely to stick with your walking routine if you just make it part of your day-to-day routine. Then, with a proper, healthy diet, you’ll also be on your way to slimming down as if by magic. You won’t have to worried about motivation, as walking is not all that strenuous, and you’ll be encouraged at how much better you feel. The more often you walk, the more you’ll be inspired to walk . . . and the more quickly you’ll want to walk. Why should you hold back, if you think you can do a lot more? Once you get to the point where you’re walking at a reasonably good pace and feel ready, You may be ready for jogging. And you can progress to even more challenging workout programs, if you prefer.

You won’t be able to find a really good excuse to not go out and walk even a short distance each day. No matter how busy you may be, you can surely find 10 minutes here and there for a short walk. Another possibility is to join a gym and use their treadmills for a half hour or so each day.

I know someone’s going to say “no arch support”…

But you don’t have any arch support when you go barefoot, right? And weren’t our feet designed to go bare? The only reason why we don’t go barefoot outdoors is because we don’t want our feet to get pierced, scraped, or infected. And aren’t flip-flops are the closest that shoes can get to bare feet?

Me, I wear flip-flops outdoors and go barefoot indoors everyday in the summer vacation. My feet are fine. My aunts keep talking about arch support… but were feet arches really designed so that they HAD to be propped up continuously? I don’t think so.
Oh, I CAN run in flip-flops

I’ve just realized that walking around in sandals has been making my feet swell up..
I’ve been wearing the Cozumel style Birkenstocks for the past 2 years and I’ve just realized that wearing such an open shoe isn’t so good for walking around with..
I notice that my feet spread and swell up when I wear those kinds of open shoes.. And from there on, I guess that the fluids collect in my legs but that there is nothing or no pressure to bring them back up in the same way that wearing a sneaker or a more structured shoe would do..
Knowing this much will help me to pick out a better sandal for the Summer, I think..
So I am shopping around for a new sandal and I am curious on what to look for, I’m hoping to find something kind of stylish as well so I’m trying to pinpoint the qualities of what makes a supportive walking shoe for the summer..
I think that maybe something that covers almost the whole foot but exposes only the heel and toe would work well for support?
I used to go by “arch support” that but now I’m convinced that the foot needs more than just arch support in the Summer especially when you’re walking around alot.. The foot needs to be held or hugged by something I suppose?
Is anyone experienced in this area?

for example “these shoes might destabilize the Achilles tendon”
Lol those butt toning shoes, they are bad for you
ty everyone

I use prong collars on my dogs to keep them safe. I don’t pretend to be “all positive” and believe there is need at times for compulsion, particularly in breeds such as Doberman and GSD which are prey focused and can also be dog-on-dog aggressive.

So, accepting some people will already think I’m spawn of Satan for advocating a prong collar leash correction – I’m introducing a second “tier” of compulsion: that which is done for sport. To get a trophy – a ribbon.

Is there a difference in people’s minds between using pain to protect a dog from harm (ie from bolting out the door after a rabbit and being hit by a car), or from harming others (ie from retaliation when a little JRT rattles their cage) and using pain simply to have a dog perform a perfectly straight sit…or a tightly wound heel, where the dog becomes wrapped around the handler in an almost impossible angle.

Is pain through an e-collar necessary to “out” a dog that is deployed off lead to bite in Schtzhund or Ring?

Yes, I’m asking – so be honest now. Is a civilian really going to stand there and in the face of danger where bad people threaten their very mortality, and ensure the dog “outs” on command..or (more likely) will you run like hell and in a primal act of self-preservation leave the dog to fight alone…and count on the dog fending off the attacker and then finding you.

I’m asking because so far, I just have not found the need and I cannot rationalize the necessity. I’m excluding police and military persons – lets keep this simple, we are talking about civilians.

All of this is what I call “perfection pain”. Of course, I’m biased. I admit it – I won’t do it, cannot find it in my heart to zap my dog to ensure a perfect heel or yank his leash just to make him sit pretty nor can I justify zapping him to stop barking at a guy who is dressed like the Michelin man simply to demonstrate a dog can “bark and hold” (or in real life…bark and die).

Now my bias is clear – so what is yours?

Is administering pain for perfection worth a ribbon?

Curious.
I knew this was a Pandora’s box. Glad to see it didn’t disappoint

On a serious note, does anybody really walk like this in real life?

@Greek: Yes, avatar is new, dog is not. Glad to see you joined the party – I appreciate your input.

Re: Pain. I’m admittedly a tad confused, but if e-collar is not painful, what is? Here’s a link to a study. I’ve quoted an excerpt below.

https://www.4pawsu.com/IAABC_Ecollar.pdf

Quote:
High-level electric shock (HLES) causes a neurological response and a perception of pain, and activates muscular and skin-burning sensations even if there is no physically burned flesh and although no physical damage has actually occurred. The study specifically stated that the sensation of burning was perceived even when there was no actual physical injury (Sang et.al., 2003). …

Unquote

And yes, I am absolutely certain a sharp correction on a prong collar administers pain. I know it does. Its the reason (in the words of Indiana Jones) that I “choose wisely”. Of course, by using a prong I acknowledge my dogs are ill tempered rouges who routinely eat small children…but in my defense, it does help keep the cost of groceries down.
@Greek: So, to summarize your post: you use 3 e-collars on a dog to win a ribbon and this is justified because (a) you have no emotional attachment to your dog (b) winning is really the only thing that matters and the dog can take it (c) at least they are not being shot at with bullets. OK then. Thanks for your input.
@Lacey: You provide a balanced, reasoned response which I appreciate and your context on application (of choker corrections) and using PR is well stated. Truthfully, I cannot help but laugh watching that guy walk his dog . I’ve been giggling all morning. But hey, people laugh at me all the time so in the end I guess its a wash.

To be fair: If the dog was motivated using a ball or food or some other method of PR – and people enjoy it – fine. I am not a heckler.
@Lacey: On E-collar: The report is more detailed than what I posted if people want to read it – it covers quite a bit but yes, I agree life is full of shades of grey. I am just trying to provide some fact based research – if people have other scientific reports from accredited institutions, by all means provide them. I couldn’t find any.

Here’s a well written article on Prong collars by Susan Clothier. To read it you have to go to the Flying dog homepage and “agree” to viewing her article. So don’t be discouraged if the link doesn’t take you there.
Once on homepage – click on articles then choose “prong collar”.

http://flyingdogpress.com/content/view/53/97/

Here is a quote (And yes, it helps the e-collar argument so Im trying to provide both sides)
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Breed characteristics play an important role in terms of physical sensitivity. Many breeds were selectively bred to be physically insensitive. Sporting dogs and terriers are notably insensitive, and while this may present a problem for the average owner in training, it is the characteristic that enables these same dogs to perform well at the tasks for which they were bred. A Lab who disliked icy water or rough brush, or a terrier who was easily deterred by his prey’s defensive bites could never do its job. Even breeds whose performance does not require physical insensitivity have their share of individuals who are not sensitive to physical stimuli.

The prong collar, or any other properly applied stimulus, allows the dog a clear choice. All collars work by creating unpleasantness for the dog—the collar tightens, which the dog dislikes, and therefore he is motivated to act in such a fashion that the collar does not tighten. Depending on the dog, unpleasantness (the collar tightening) sufficient to motivate him may be nothing more than the pressure of a flat buckle collar. Just as some people react dramatically when they stub their toe, and others with just a whimper, dogs, too, display a wide range of tolerance to physical stimuli.
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Here’s another competitive dog sport….do you think they used pain to train the dog to perform? Is this sport any less competitive? Any less work? Does it matter?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu7R4NtpgyM

Okay, I’m looking for some fashion advice. I am by no means a fashionista, but I do enjoy dressing up and I like how I look in heels. My problem is: I walk a lot of places and I like to go to those places dressed up. Heels included. But I always end up regretting my choice in shoes within 20 minutes of leaving the house, and I can be out for hours at a time. Am I buying the wrong shoes? I can’t afford expensive shoes, I can barely afford $ 20 shoes at Ross… Am I walking in them wrong? Should I buy some Dr Scholls something or other? My feet get sore and blister from the heels. I’m only 18 and my feet look like they took a trip through the blender. I’ve only been to NYC once, but I’m pretty sure I recall every woman I encountered wearing heels. And in New York people walk and take the subway everywhere. How do they do it? There must be a trick or something. Otherwise they must just deal with it and cry it out when they get home. I’m tired of the “beauty is pain” mentality. There must be something I’m doing wrong.

I have an extremely high arch, and the running/athletic shoes i always have never can “reach” my arch-or its barely touching the arch-which can make running/jogging/walking uncomfortable. Especially after exercising; my arches are always sore and i know thats b/c the shoes are either losing its support or it never had good support.

Dose anyone know of a good shoe brand or a good “arch support” that works very well, and doesn’t get worn down easily. The ones that i have tried never last very long b/c they always ware down quickly, via the shoes. I need something bubble-like. A cheaper price range would be better, yet i would prefer something w/good quality. I’m looking more along the lines of “support” than a shoe.

thanks

When I was 13 I started having this pain nn my left heel, which my doctor diagnosed as Achilles Tendonitis.
She told me to rest for the next 2 weeks, but it quickly came back, so I decided to rest for 2 or 3 months, but it came back again, after a few soccer games. After this, I did not do any sports for at least 6 months to make sure it would really be gone.
I am now 14 and this “tendonitis” seems to be back, but I’m really not sure if it really is tendonitis, as the pain I feel is never on the tendon itself, but somewhere on the heel bone. It feels like burning, and my heel somewhat feels heavier when I have it…
My question is, Is it really a tendonitis that keeps coming back or is it something else?
What treatment do I need?

Thanks

History: I have Multiple Sclerosis and have had cages installed at L4 L5. I have recently had a throbbing, dull, but constant pain in my left hip. It increases after being on my feet or more so when trying to sleep. It is most impossible to lay on that side without my foot going from tingly to numb. It is now to the point that my left heel is seriously driving me crazy, especially after being on it for even a couple of hours. The pain in my heel is throbbing and is on the bottom of my heel and moves up the back and left side of my leg. Thus causing my hip to hurt and my back to have spasms. I have been on lortab 3 times a day for over 5 years but have only began taking them as directed due to the pain. ( and honestly the pain only subsides for a while)
What could be causing this? I was at the ER for pain over a month ago and was told it was “Acute back pain” and that the CT Scan showed nothing new.
This pain is making my blood pressure rise (138/102) and I am usually at 100/68.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated!!