{"id":27572,"date":"2017-10-17T14:14:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T12:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oafifoundation.com\/?p=3642"},"modified":"2023-05-11T20:33:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T18:33:48","slug":"nordic-walking-initiation-workshop-for-osteoarthritis-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/nordic-walking-initiation-workshop-for-osteoarthritis-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Nordic walking INTRODUCTORY workshop for osteoarthritis patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next Sunday 29 October, the International Osteoarthritis Foundation (OAFI), Caminoterapia Foundation<\/a> and the company Walkim<\/a> are organizing an introductory workshop on Nordic walking at the Can Drag\u00f3 Municipal Sports Centre in Bareclona, \u200b\u200bin collaboration with the chain of sports clubs Eurofitness<\/a>. The workshop is aimed at both osteoarthritis patients and people who want to take care of their joint health, as several studies point to the benefits of Nordic walking for joints and muscles.<\/p>\n

Physical activity<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Physical activity is a key part of preventing the progression of osteoarthritis. However, each patient must find the activity that suits them best. From the Foundation we want to encourage everyone who wants to take care of their joints, whether they are osteoarthritis patients or not, to lead a healthy life and practice some physical activity”, explained the President of OAFI, Dr. Josep Verg\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

For this reason, OAFI has signed a collaboration agreement with the Caminoterapia Foundation<\/a> to work together on research projects to study the benefits of Nordic walking in osteoarthritis and implement training programs fof this modality for patients of the Foundation.<\/p>\n

Nordic Walking Workshop 29 October<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first of these workshops will take place on Sunday 29 October at CEM Can Drag\u00f3 Eurofitness in Barcelona from 10:30am.<\/p>\n

Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

10.30 am Meeting at CEM Can Drag\u00f3 Eurofitness<\/a>, Rossell\u00f3 i Porcel 7-11, Barcelona<\/p>\n

10.45h Entrance to the athletics stadium and delivery of Nordic walking poles<\/p>\n

11.00 h Nordic walking initiation workshop<\/p>\n

12:00 h Practice at the athletics track<\/p>\n

12.30h Two-kilometre walk around Can Drag\u00f3<\/p>\n

13.30h End of the activity<\/p>\n

Registration is free, just write an email to info@oafifoundation.com<\/a> or call us at 931 594 015<\/p>\n

Activity program here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Next Sunday 29 October, the International Osteoarthritis Foundation (OAFI), Caminoterapia Foundation and the company Walkim are organizing an introductory workshop on Nordic walking at the Can Drag\u00f3 Municipal Sports Centre in Bareclona, \u200b\u200bin collaboration with the chain of sports clubs Eurofitness. The workshop is aimed at both osteoarthritis patients and people who want to take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1285,942],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en","category-blog","category-oafi-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32237,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27572\/revisions\/32237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafifoundation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}