Balancing while walking backward

Elizabeth Ko, M.D.
Elizabeth Ko, M.D.

Hello, dear readers, and welcome to a bonus letters column. We have some interesting follow-up questions and will dive right in.

– A column about the benefits of walking backward continues to generate mail.

We heard from a reader in San Diego asking about balance. “I do a few minutes of walking backward on every walk I do.

To keep from bumping into things, I take quick glances over my right shoulder,…