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Topic- Exercise
Exercises for healthy feet By Patricia Ryan, MS with Ben Pearl, DPM
There are more than 300 different foot ailments, points out the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), and those affecting older adults can be due to wear and tear or neglect.
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Fit For the Flowers by Lori Pine, MA
Now is the time of year when older adults have exchanged their snow shovels for gardening spades. It’s also a good time to help them prepare their bodies for the activity demands of gardening chores. Though I use the word “chore,” it is most likely that gardening is not considered “work” or even “exercise” to them. Gardening is a mentally healing hobby that produces brilliant results.
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Exercise and chronic pain: opening the therapeutic window by Kim Dupree Jones, PhD and Janice Holt Hoffman
Acute pain is a vital, protective mechanism that permits us to live in an environment fraught with potential dangers. In contrast, chronic pain serves no such physiologic role. It is not a symptom, but a disease state.
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Listening to the body, part 2: muscular conditioning by Mary E. Sanders, PhD
Teaching participants how to tune into the body during exercise provides them with valuable feedback they can use to determine their individual normal responses. By developing these listening skills, individuals are better prepared to find the threshold where the effort required for health gains balances with personal comfort, encouraging long-term exercise adherence. Those who understand the right feel of the work can take charge of their exercise intensity and individualize movements as needed.
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Fitness for golfers by Yung-Shen Tsai, PhD, PT, Timothy C. Sell, PhD, PT, and Scott M. Lephart, PhD, ATC
Golf offers a wide array of benefits that can be appreciated over the span of a lifetime. Fitness, recreation, socialization and competition are reasons why golf is attractive to older adults.
Unlike other sports, golfers play more and spend more on the game as they get older. According to a report from the US National Golf Foundation, senior golfers (over 50 years old) account for about 25% of the total golfer population-and this percentage is increasing. Older golfers are dedicated to the game; they play 50% of all rounds and account for 53% of all spending on golf
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Listening to the body, part 1: cardio training & stretching by Mary E. Sanders, PhD
Fitness and wellness instructors often suggest that clients listen to their bodies. This approach helps individuals focus on how they feel during exercise and encourages them to adjust intensity as needed to target their personal goals. However, although frequent exercisers probably recognize feelings of exertion during training, many participants who are older, recovering from an injury or new to exercise may not know how they should feel as activity levels increase. As a result, they could underestimate or overestimate intensity, leading to few health gains (undertraining) and/or low adherence due to discomfort or injury.
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