About Hamatre (Locomo Prevention Training at Home)

This training was developed by Yokohama City focusing on the "walking" of the elderly to prevent locomo.
Even when you spend a lot of time at home, it is important to increase the time you stand and walk in the house so that your physical strength does not decrease, and to exercise to strengthen your legs and hips with squats.
Based on the characteristics of the posture and walking of the elderly, Hamatre can exercise aimed at improving the stoles and posture, improving the pelvis tilt, extending the hip joint, improving the function of the ankle joint, and improving balance.

※Locomo is an abbreviation for "Locomotive Syndrome".
This refers to a condition in which muscular strength decreases due to aging and bone and joint diseases are impaired, and the mobility ability such as "standing, sitting, and walking" is reduced.

There are two types of Hamatrere: "Hamatre" where you can train slowly, and "Hamatre (Experience)" where you can easily do it every day.
"Hamatre" is made up of 20 types of exercises aimed at improving the stole and posture, improving the pelvis tilt, extending the hip joint, improving the function of the ankle joint, and improving balance.
It is 60 minutes of training, so it is recommended for those who want to move their body slowly. For more information, click here (outside site)!

"Hamatre (experience version)" organizes 11 kinds of exercises that can be easily done in Hamatre to the songs of Yokohama City, which are familiar to citizens.
You can easily work while humming the city song, and can also be used as a preparatory exercise for walking.
This is a training course for about 5 minutes, so it is recommended for those who want to continue casually every day!

It is distributed at the ward office (Elderly Disability Support Section) and community care plazas around where you live.
You can also download the leaflet from the following URL.