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Nordic walking to help patients prepare for surgery

Surgeons built their patients' fitness to prepare them for surgery by putting them on a Nordic walking program. They had determined less fit patients fared worse in the surgery. They risk strokes, heart attacks, and infections among other ailments.

Nordic walking's low impact, full-body form helps patients build essential fitness and its format helps patients maintain motivation to continue exercising.