Tips on Maintaining Essential Flexibility as You Age
Despite longstanding stereotypes, experts in aging advise that retirement does not – and
should not – limit your activities to weekend games of golf, light gardening and napping. In
fact, remaining physically active and exercising regularly are now viewed as key to avoiding
both physical and mental decline.
Maintaining Flexibility Is Key to Your Continued Health and Safety
The article “Exercise for Anti-Aging” and other related publications on this topic assert that
maintaining flexibility is a key component of keeping the body healthy. An anti-aging exercise
routine should always contain exercises designed to maintain and even increase flexibility. As
we age, flexibility begins to decrease, making exercise more difficult and often painful.
Exercising without a high level of flexibility also makes the body extremely prone to injuries that
can throw off an exercise routine for weeks or even months. Since maintaining an exercise
routine is so important to fighting the signs of aging, it is essential that flexibility be maintained
throughout life. Maintaining flexibility is not a major undertaking; in fact, it’s one of most simple
anti-aging steps.
Incorporating simple stretches into day-to-day life can keep your body flexible and healthy.
Stretches can be worked into the daily routine in several different ways. First thing in the
morning and last thing at night are great times to add five to ten minutes of stretching to your
day, as well as when watching TV or when taking breaks at work. Check with your doctor
before starting a stretching routine.
Together, good balance and flexibility reduce your risk of falls and makes tasks that involve
reaching easier.
Start “Flexing” Today!
The National Institute on Aging article, “Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday
Guide,” offers many helpful tips and suggestions you can use to begin to improve your
flexibility today.
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