Good morning! Feeling great?Us too.This weekend is shaping up really well.I’d like to tell you about my week – I had a great one.It started last Saturday morning. We were carrying waters into the mall around 8:20 (getting ready to discuss the COVID-19 update) and “Jan” was firmly stationed in our cove.Dressed in hot pink, she’s a […]

Good morning!It is February 21st – what’s shakin’?One week of February left then we’re talking about lions and lambs.Lions and Lambs – 9 days away!!!Hundreds of you have asked for this hyperlinked list of 100 Reasons to Walk over the years – thank you. We’ve had a lot of contributors to this list and it is looking […]

Good morning! You may have heard, we are teaming up with Fresh Avocados – Love One Today® to promote physical activity and healthy eating. Why?  To help improve the cardiac health of the nation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 80% of premature heart disease and strokes are preventable.1 YES, EIGHTY PERCENT. Our grassroots partnership is […]

Good morning! This week we saw the retirement of one of our heroes, Dr. Joan Dorn PhD, Medical Professor at CUNY. She is a huge advocate for WWAD and has been since she headed up the Physical Activity and Health Branch of the CDC (her previous post). 5 years ago, Dr. Dorn started Walk with […]

Good morning!How’s your New Year coming along. Day 17 right in front of us. Any resolutions? Yeah, I didn’t really either. Well, I did have a theme. Make <things> happen, even if was risky and made me uncomfortable. The Brene’ Brown must finally be kicking in.Under that umbrella, this Monday, Krissy and I were walking Phoebe past our local coffee […]

Good morning! Ladies and gentlemen – it’s a beautiful day. Happy New Year; let’s break bread. Ready for some TMI? I messed up my back 7 months ago, missed a few days of work, but that’s it, and it’s now all better. I was fortunate to recover without surgery, injection – nothing – just took […]

Good morning. I have a pretty crazy story to share. This all started in our clinic almost 12 months ago, exactly. It was the Thursday before Elvis’ Birthday (January 8th), and we had Elvis posters with blacklights in all the rooms. The one in Room 3 was particularly special (below). Michael S. was ready to […]

Happy Thanksgiving from WWAD! Dear Rachael, Good morning! The most precious gift we can give anyone is our time. Thank you for giving up your valuable time to read our stupid newsletters. Also, thank you for giving yourself 20 mins a day to walk – in addition to all your wonderful walking at work and home. By doing this […]

Donate The Story Of Walk with a Doc… Walk with a Doc was started in 2005 by Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio. Frustrated with his inability to affect behavior change in the clinical setting, Dr. Sabgir invited his patients to go for a walk with him in a local park on a […]

Happy 5th Walkiversary Cat Gaines and Southeastern Health Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good morning! Dr. Heather Margaret (real person this week), out in rural Idaho, often has me shaking my head with her brilliance. I’ve asked her forever, “Who writes your stuff?” It must’ve been in the resultant stupor from her communications, that I’d asked/begged […]