Take Steps to Improve Your Health with the Walk With Ease Program
The Walworth County Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) will offer Walk With Ease starting Tuesday, August 25, at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sharon, WI. Created by the Arthritis Foundation, Walk With Ease is a structured walking program that teaches participants how to make physical activity part of their everyday lives. The program is designed to help people with arthritis better manage their pain and is also ideal for people without arthritis who want to make walking a daily habit.
Walk With Ease offers support, information, and tools to help participants develop successful exercise routines. The six-week program is led by certified instructor Leslie Thorngate. During the program, participants learn proper stretching and pain management techniques and build stamina and walking pace. The program can be modified to meet the needs of individual participants so that each person can develop an exercise routine that fits their unique goals.
Research shows that walking is good for joints and helps improve heart, lung, and bone health,” says Thorngate. “If you can be on your feet for 10 minutes without increased pain, you will most likely have success with Walk With Ease.
The information and strategies taught in the program are based on research and tested programs in exercise science, behavior change, and arthritis management. Updated and evaluated by the Thurston Arthritis Research Center and the Institute on Aging of the University of North Carolina, Walk With Ease is shown to increase balance, strength, and walking pace, as well as reduce the pain and discomfort of arthritis. The program has also been shown to build participant confidence and improve overall health.
Walk With Ease will be held every Tuesday, August 25 through September 29, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 228 Martin Street, Sharon, WI 53585. Pre-registration is required. This workshop has a suggested contribution of $10. For more information, contact Leslie Thorngate at (262) 741-3309. Always check with your physician before starting any exercise program.
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