But everyone must have heard the fact that "too much is not enough". Walking is good, but if you walk for too long, it will be harmful to your health. We should attach importance to it.
1, joint and muscle injury
Knee joint wear caused by long-term walking is serious, especially for middle-aged and elderly people or patients with joint diseases, which is easy to cause knee joint injury. At the same time, it will also cause muscle wear of joints such as heel and ankle joint, leading to joint pain and inflammation. In the case of serious knee joint injury, it will also cause meniscus problems, so we need to be vigilant.
2. Bone and joint injuries
Walking itself is the activity of lower limbs, and the purpose of walking is achieved through the cooperation of muscles, bones and joints of lower limbs. If you walk fast for a long time and walk incorrectly, it will lead to the wear and tear of bones and joints, which will lead to the pathological changes of joint tissues over time, and even develop into fatigue fractures, causing irreparable joint damage.
3. Visceral injury
Walking is a lower limb activity, but if you walk too fast or too long, your heart rate will increase. If you have three high-risk diseases or other problems, you are prone to sudden cardiovascular or respiratory diseases. This is definitely not an alarmist. There are many such cases in clinic. Sudden myocardial infarction is particularly common in the elderly when walking.
In this case, how much is healthy to walk a day?
Experts said: For middle-aged and elderly people, it is ok to walk for about 45 minutes every day, and it is best not to exceed 1 hour, so as not to have the opposite effect. If the conversion of time is divided into several steps, it is about 7500 steps.