For many, our involvement in physical activity is dependent on our environment, education, and past experiences. Activity might have been defined in childhood as, �go play outside and burn off some of that energy;� during teenage years as, �try out for the school basketball team or walk home from school: it is good activity;� or perhaps during adulthood as, �you need to lose some weight to help reduce your blood pressure, improve your cholesterol levels, etc.� The adulthood list of benefits for being physically active appears to go on and on for many of us with chronic health conditions or disabilities.

Yet how can all adults become more active each day? Can we as health care professionals recommend that each client obtain at least 10,000 steps every day? Unfortunately, the answer is no.

Read the entire column at http://www.ncpad.org/338/1996/Recommending~Common~ Sense~Physical~ Activity~Prescriptions.