EricM
15-03-2008, 03:37 AM
Hi all,
I'm trying to institute a walking program in my chronic pain program and am planning on using pedometers. They seem a fairly simple yet effective tool in that they can be motivating and provide some real feedback into actual activity levels. There's even some good research correlating steps per day with generally accepted activity levels. It takes 10,000 steps a day to be considered active.
I'm wondering if anyone else has used these in the chronic pain population and would you mind sharing your experiences good and bad.
I'm trying to institute a walking program in my chronic pain program and am planning on using pedometers. They seem a fairly simple yet effective tool in that they can be motivating and provide some real feedback into actual activity levels. There's even some good research correlating steps per day with generally accepted activity levels. It takes 10,000 steps a day to be considered active.
I'm wondering if anyone else has used these in the chronic pain population and would you mind sharing your experiences good and bad.