Basic exercise information

1. What is the effect of exercise?
2. What is Locomotive Syndrome?
3. Let's check it out!
4. As an opportunity to start exercising
5. Walking Information
6. Abacusy exercises

■Reduce the risk of lifestyle-related diseases!
Studies have shown that people who exercise well are less likely to develop ischemic heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, colon cancer, etc.

■It has a positive effect on your mental health!
When you move your body, you feel refreshed and comfortable. Exercise leads to a change of mind and stress relief. Therefore, it has been recognized that exercise is also effective in maintaining mental health.

■You can live an independent life longer!
Exercise is effective in maintaining and improving physical strength and muscle strength. Strong muscle strength also helps reduce pain in the lower back and knees. In particular, exercise is also important for the elderly to prevent deterioration of living functions (locomotive syndrome) with aging.

Exercise equipment disorders such as muscle weakness due to aging and bone and joint diseases occur, and the ability such as "standing, sitting, and walking" decreases.

■Why do you become a locomo?
Life without exercise habits, too thin, obesity, reduced activity, excessive sports, injuries caused by accidents, etc.

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Leaving pain and laxity, developing motor disease, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, osteopathy, osteo spinesis

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Decrease in ability such as "standing, sitting, walking" (Locomo)

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As a result, it becomes difficult to go out.

□I can't get my socks off with one leg

□Stumbling or slipping in the house

□You need a handrail to go up the stairs.

□It is difficult to work a little heavy in the house (use of vacuum cleaners, raising and lowering futons, etc.)

□It is difficult to shop around 2 kilograms and take them home.

□I can't walk for about 15 minutes

□I can't cross the pedestrian crossing with a green light.

※If at least one applies, it may already be Locomo. We recommend early measures.
※Citation
About Locomo Challenge (official website of the Orthopaedic surgery Society of Japan)

Let's move your body for 10 minutes more than now

Exercise can be done well in everyday life. For example, if you walk 10 minutes, it will take about 1000 steps. Think about what you can do in your life, such as walking occasionally where you go by bicycle or using stairs instead of escalators.

In Yokohama, we are developing the following businesses. Please join us!

• Yokohama Walking Point

Depending on the number of steps you walked using a special pedometer, you will win a prize by lottery! (Applicable age: 18 years or older)
⇒For more information, please visit the official website of City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau's Yokohama Walking Point. (External site)

On the next page, we publish precautions and walking event information when actually walking. Please check it out
⇒For more information, please refer to the following page.

The next page contains information about abacus exercises. Please check it out

⇒For more information, please refer to the following page.