Not a great surprise to anyone but yet another study has shown the benefits of walking. In this study older people were given a walking programme to follow to see if it would help their mobility and it did. However, it not only helped them stay mobile it also helped them recover when things went wrong – all just by going for a walk.

Because I am an essentially lazy person and I don’t believe in spending time writing something someone else already has – life is too short – here is a link to a fuller description on another web site of the report and its implications.

If you want to read the full report you can find it here …