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Find tips for developing and maintaining good balance and strength and advice on exercising safely if you are experiencing pain.
As we age our bodies become less flexible. Flexibility is often taken for granted, much like good balance, until it gets a little harder to reach an upper shelf, pick up the newspaper, or put on socks. (Sorry, it’s not your arms getting shorter!) Flexibility is the ability to move a joint (shoulder, elbow, knee, […]
Balance Balance is where all physical activity begins. When a baby takes its first step, it has already started to master balance. We quickly take balance for granted once we get our bearings as children. We forget that it’s a skill that can diminish—as we discover as we age. Some aspects of balance are automatic […]
As we age, we may experience a variety of aches and pains that come and go or pain that is a chronic problem. Pain is our bodies’ way of signaling that something is not right and we need to pay attention to it. But it does not always mean we need to avoid exercise. Whether […]