I Tried The Walking Style A Doctor Said Supports Healthy Ageing

It requires zero special equipment.

Whether it’s Japanese walking, “Jeffing” or the run-walk-run method, and even “retro walking” to help my knees, it’s safe to say I’m fond of a good stroll.

But on a recent hilly Northumberland hike, I noticed my legs felt more strained than usual: my muscles felt a little tenser, and my knees had worked harder.

This seemed most extreme after the downhill part of the walk, a change other walkers noticed too.

So, I asked experts ob-gyn Dr Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller, Chief Medical Advisor at AllTrails, and Fatema Contractor, osteopath and director at The Health Suite in Leicester, whether that post-descent twinge was a good or bad........

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