Basic exercise information

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

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

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

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

Exercise equipment such as muscle weakness and bone and joint diseases associated with aging occur, and the ability to "stand, sit, and walk" is reduced.

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

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Leaving pain and lazyness, onset of muscular disease, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoarthritis

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Decrease in ability such as "stand, sit, and walk" (locomo)

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As a result, it will be difficult to go out.

□I can't wear socks because I stand on one leg.

□Stumbling and slipping in the house

□A handrail is needed to go up the stairs

□Difficulty in the house is difficult (use of vacuum cleaners, raising and lowering futons, etc.)

□It is difficult to do shopping for about 2 kilograms and take it 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
Locomo Challenge (Official Locomotive Syndrome Prevention Awareness Official Site Certified by the Japanese Society of Orthopaedic surgery)

Let's move your body ten minutes more than you are now.

Exercise can be performed well in everyday life. For example, a 10-minute walk takes about 1000 steps. Think about what you can do in your daily life, such as walking where you go by bicycle or using stairs instead of escalators.

Yokohama City is 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 City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau Yokohama Walking Point Official Website. (External Site)

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

On the next page, we have posted about Korobanyo gymnastics. Please check it out.

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