April 6, 2020
Heart and Stroke Canada recommends that seniors and elder adults should add muscle and bone-strengthening activities using major muscle groups at least two days per week. Low impact exercise can help with this.
As we age, our bodies slow down. Exercise can become more difficult with each passing year. Ironically, the more we age, and the more challenging exercise becomes, the more we need to get our bodies moving to starve off disease and other health risks. A low-impact exercise routine can benefit your health by stretching and strengthening your muscles, reducing stress, preventing injury, and even helps to lower your blood pressure.
Aging has a cumulative effect; what you do in the 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s directly affects your health in your 60’s, 70’s, and hopefully 80’s. The key is to lead a healthy lifestyle from the start, but that isn’t always realistic. There are ways that seniors and the elderly can improve their daily lives and help fight off aging and illnesses.
Many things come into play when discussing blood pressure regulation for seniors. What makes blood pressure rise and what lowers a person’s blood pressure involves a myriad of cause and affect relationships, but one relationship is proven over and over again in various studies - salt intake.
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