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Walking slower? Your ears, not your knees, might be the problem
https://archive.ph/m4P4K https://archive.ph/m4P4K
- quaintdev 4mo agohttps://archive.is/m4P4K https://archive.is/m4P4K
- j4cobgarby 4mo agoAre problems with the ear the cause of this (i.e., the Problem), or just another symptom of a broader problem? My impression from the article is the latter.
- kennywinker 4mo agohttps://xkcd.com/552/ https://xkcd.com/552/ Seems appropriate
- Ylpertnodi 4mo ago> appropriate Fair play for not using the word 'obligatory '.
- AnthonBerg 4mo agoExactly. Oxidative stress is my unrelenting hunch. (Frankly, it is ridiculous to me that doctors go around saying that fixing your hearing will free up your brain will fix your life. Fix the thing that's dragging down an expensive system that's wired straight into the sensorium and yep, you'll fix your other expensive systems like the brain.)
- krackers 4mo agoSeems like the obvious confounding factor is just aging: Old people have problems with hearing, and old people are also less likely to walk briskly. The subset of people with undiagnosed hearing problems probably aren't taking care of their health in general.
- huhkerrf 4mo agoFrom the article: > Not only does walking speed typically decrease with age, greater levels of hearing loss are linked with slower walking speed for adults of all ages.
- erelong 4mo agohttps://archive.ph/m4P4K https://archive.ph/m4P4K
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- m463 4mo agoproprioception degrades with age, strength training is the counter. (from "younger next year")
- AnimalMuppet 4mo agoWhy strength training, instead of, say, ultimate frisbee or pickleball?
- m463 4mo agomade me wonder too, found: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4477923/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4477923/ > Key Points > - Improvements in joint position sense can be attained via standard strength-training exercises. > - Performing resistance exercises at consistent intensity rather than varying intensity resulted in better proprioception performance.
- lc9er 4mo agoI'm a big fan of strength training, but think it too often gets suggested as the solution to every problem, when really, we need some mix of strength training, cardio (anything from walking, to martial arts or team sports, whatever you'll actually do), mobility, and balance training. Your cardio/activity, depending on your choice could, account for a lot of this.
- Hoodedcrow 4mo agoI chose aerial gymnastics because that seems to be a combination of ALL you mentioned.
- m463 4mo agothe book goes into that. Decent book about getting old, and not having to.
- nottorp 4mo agoThe greatest leap is from not doing anything to doing something. So just any activity will do, as long as you like it enough to do it regularly. The rest is refinement.
- pnut 4mo agoI walk slower and talk slower than I used to, and do both way slower than people I interact with. I can appreciate things better by moving slowly, with more intention, conserving my concentration and energy for matters of substance. Why must moving slowly be stigmatised? I am surrounded by people talking at such a high rate, they start responding before the other person's sentence or thought is completely expressed. My value at work has become disentangling messes made by people failing to communicate effectively, and the first step in addressing that problem is always, slow down. You will not get 10% further in life by going 10% faster. People moving quickly, failed at planning. The entire mystery of the universe is accessible to you in your current location.
- jgalt212 4mo ago> Why must moving slowly be stigmatized? Because, irrespective of your individual case, slowing down correlates strongly with ageing and diminished faculties.
- kakacik 4mo agoUnless, you do it on purpose for reasons parent described. Stupid teenagerish kneejerk reactions are common, as are ego moves like comparing against each other (frequently done by deeply insecure individuals), that doesn't mean they are a smart long term approach to life, regardless of age. I am old enough to know they aren't. That doesn't mean I don't like walking fast if situation allows, but thats part of my continuous training, injury recovery, or active rest.
- 7bit 4mo agoBeing fast doesn't equaliser to knee jerk anything and inflated egos. You should need to put both on the same level to make your point.
- cassianoleal 4mo agohttps://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
- m3kw9 4mo agois it because you use more of your focus to try to hear things so you walk slower.
- cubefox 4mo agoThere is also a correlation between walking pace and IQ. See e.g. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2752818 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...
- rickcarlino 4mo agoMy mom is several years into Alzheimer’s and is at a point where she requires our help for nearly every daily task. She got a hearing aid put in last year and at the same time, she walks so slowly we often need to bring a wheelchair with us to get daily tasks done when she is around. There is definitely something going on here.
- wingspar 4mo agoMy mother had bad knees before dementia took her mentally so always walked slow, we have friends who’s parents had no walking problems and were ‘escape risks’. A walker might help as slowness is sometimes due to fear of falling. My mother used a wheeled walker with hand brakes for several years before we switched her to the no-wheel kind.
- Hoodedcrow 4mo agoI don't have hearing problems, but I have noticed I arrive at places quicker when I don't have headphones on. Sadly this doesn't happen often because I'm low-key addicted.
- luqtas 4mo agomom always joke i look like a 100 year old guy when i'm walking around the neighbor. i'm always listening to a podcast about science in a non-native language so a lot of mental workload goes into it i have quite long legs and i outpace by a far cry everyone when i'm walking around the city without my earbuds or when i'm hiking
- hokkos 4mo agoAn obvious confounding factor is age, did they accounted for this?
- huhkerrf 4mo agoFrom the article: > Not only does walking speed typically decrease with age, greater levels of hearing loss are linked with slower walking speed for adults of all ages. Why is it every time there's a study posted to HN, someone feels the need to go in and say, "Have the researchers thought of $incredibly_obvious_thing?"
- drfloyd51 4mo agoDon’t know. Did you ever consider that HN appeals to intelligent people who like to ask questions before they read the whole article?
- compiler-devel 4mo agoBecause HN is little more than a Reddit exclave.
- gblargg 4mo agoYes, they did account for age.
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- harel 4mo agoI find walking slowly quite difficult. I feel like I'm putting more effort to balance myself slowly and all in all it feels less stable than just "walking" at a moderate to brisk rate. I wonder if this is the same category of problem just in reverse...
- miladyincontrol 4mo agoThe problem isnt people's walking speed, its people who walk unpredictably specifically with zero spacial awareness.
- Hnrobert42 4mo agoI have heard them called meanderthals.
- justonceokay 4mo agoSeems like an anger issue on your part. People are not obliged to move in ways aligned with your narrative
- jrhizor 4mo agoThis style of clickbait headline feels very out of place on HN
- Ngraph 4mo agon=1 here, but I've been wearing a back brace for lumbar pain and walking has slowed noticeably. Pretty confident it's the back, not the ears. Every body part wants in on this study.
- protocolture 4mo agoIts because I can hear the noise my knees are making.
- atoav 4mo agoMy brother had a heavy knee injury during his youth. His doctor said he can forget doing sport. Last year he ran a mountainman (full marathon with a descent of 1200m). He read more into the topic and figured that it is mostly a question of training. Since in my family many do sports, I have seen this many times: have an issue with some joint, back, whatever? Unless you broke a bone or have an open wound that typically means you need to find the right training to get over it. Usually the worst is not moving at all.
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- ramon156 4mo agoI grew up in a household where talking fast meant you won the conversation. Interrupting people was part of that. When I am with friends, I much prefer taking the time to listen to them, ask follow-up questions. Turns out this is the bare minimum, but it made me appreciate the conversations a lot more. Talking with family is impossible because, the moment my words are not part of their thought process, they will interrupt me, or just pretend they're distracted.