After the former foreign minister had spinal surgery, he found his rehabilitation program was simple but effective.
The setting was Glenbrook Gorge in the lower Blue Mountains. I was a 38-year-old minister for planning and environment leading a bushwalk of locals and environmentalists, including the late Milo Dunphy, a heroic nature conservationist. Milo knew the ridge lines and shadowed gullies of the sandstone country like his own backyard.Bob Carr: Research shows brisk walking can reduce your risk of chronic diseases.
Last April, I had been hit by COVID-19. The major symptom had been a savagely sore throat that made it painful to swallow. Dehydrated, I fainted getting out of bed. I suffered a sore back. Turned out I’d “pancaked” my L2 vertebra. Most of it had been exploded into the spinal canal. The 15 per cent left behind had to be removed at Prince of Wales Hospital in a complex medical procedure.
When I lay with painkillers surging, Mobbs dispensed advice on rehabilitation: start walking within days and get the pace up.Only in the past year has medical evidence sharpened about the link between health and walking at a fast gait. But these researchers did something new. Looking at the step rate per minute, they found the participants who had walked briskly had better health outcomes than those who walked the same steps each day at a slower pace.
What does a fast gait mean? On a treadmill over 5.5 kilometres an hour. Or, says Mobbs, just run a catchy tune in your head and try to keep pace with its beat.
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