Just Start Walking

Just Start Walking Australia is your mobile walking friend!
(Requires internet connection).

Track your walks via GPS, log your walking history, share your walks with friends online and find walking events in your local area. You can choose to make a walking Pledge to help make walking a regular part of your life. And as a Wellness initiative from the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia, Just Start Walking Australia can even help you to find your local CAA member chiropractor.

The human body was designed for movement, so to keep your spine at its best, we should stay active. In other words, a healthy spine means a healthier life! The Just Start Walking initiative was developed to raise awareness about the importance of keeping active, the benefits this can offer to your overall well-being and spinal health, as well as providing an easy-to-use program to help encourage regular physical activity.

Just Start Walking is an initiative from the World Federation of Chiropractic, a global non-profit association that was admitted into official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) as a non-governmental organization in January 1997. As a member organization of the World Federation of Chiropractic, the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia has adapted the program for use in Australia.

Just Start Walking Australia is designed to prompt people around Australia to, quite simply, just start walking.

The Just Start Walking Australia Android app has some fantastic features to make it easy to adopt regular walking as part of your lifestyle:

1. Measuring Walks
Track the distance, time and steps taken each time you walk

2. Mapping your walk
Tracks your walking route, and lets you repeat the same walk to encourage ongoing improvements

3. Share your walks
Let friends know about your progress by sharing your walks on Facebook and Twitter

4. History of Walks
Monitor your progress via your walking history

5. Find a Walking route
Select a start and end point for your walk, and let the Just Start Walking Australian Android app find the best walking route for you and estimate its distance

6. Find a local walking event
Need company? Search and join the walking events in your local area

7. Walking tips
Find out more about the correct way to walk, how walking can improve your posture, and why it’s so important to maintain good posture for your overall health

8. Locate a Chiropractor
As Just Start Walking Australia is a Wellness initiative of the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia, you can quickly and easily locate your nearest CAA member chiropractor