Stretching for Seniors
The Ultimate Guide to Stretching for Seniors
Jill Bixie
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Introduction
When we think about exercise, be it a regular gym routine or participating in any type of sport, we always tend to focus on the actions taken by either your everyday gym junkie or an avid sportsman/woman. We marvel at how these individuals can push their bodies to their limits and, most often, beyond what the norm expects a limitation would be. What we think of as the peak of human physical form and performance, most people imagine will eventually end or start to decline by a certain age.
We have all heard much said about the prime of a persons physical limits, and it is true for the most part that the average human body does reach a physical prime, these periods being different between the genders. Once a certain individual reaches a certain age, then, because of the entire world around him/her representing this prime physical condition, he/she assumes that there couldnt possibly be a way to remain in any sort of healthy physical shape at a certain age.
Some individuals have been labelled as senior by societybasically, any person over the age of 55. That senior citizens cannot start and maintain a fitness routine is, however, a myth. Granted, the activities a 20-year-old does with ease would be difficult to accomplish for a person aged 60. This does not at all mean, though, that there is absolutely no way for senior citizens to adopt a lifestyle that includes an exercise routine.
The thing most people who observe these athletes in their physical prime dont see is the physical preparation they go through before competing. Surprisingly, these preparations more often than not include a rigorous routine that is made up of a variety of stretching exercises.
Now the question arises, is stretching in itself an exercise method, and if so, can it be easily started, maintained and mastered by anyone? More so by senior citizens?
The myth that one cannot teach an old dog new tricks certainly does not apply to the human body. Whilst no one is expecting someone over the age of 55 to be a pro basketball player, with the correct and persistent stretching exercises, there is no reason for anyone to ever exclude physical exercise from their lives once they pass the age threshold of being officially labelled a senior.
In this guide, you will come to see the essential part that stretching plays in physical health and how, as a senior, it can not only be fun but be a daily practice which promotes muscular strength, mental agility, andfinallyflexibility and mobility. The benefits of this are already clear and beyond dispute, demonstrating that the act of stretching forms a solid foundation for anyone interested in keeping their bodies in the best physical condition possible for as long as possible.
But, as the saying goes, before one can run, one must walk, and before we can walk, we must crawl. It is according to these words that this guide will be the ultimate introduction to stretching and aid you on your path to mastery.
Chapter 1: Stretching for Seniors
Stretching as an exercise form has been proven to be beneficial to people all around the world for a variety of reasons. These people come from different backgrounds, cultures, and age groups, yet stretching has been shown to have a great impact on many different aspects of physical health regardless of any segregating factor.
This guide will focus solely on the benefits and application of stretching for any person aged 55 years and up, though. In the ever-changing world we find ourselves in, the physical health of senior citizens is often overlooked or simply shut down entirely. The idea that there are ways for these individuals to maintain physical health as the aging process continues is found to be a strange concept.
Modern physiotherapy makes the argument that for those in our society beyond the age of 55, it is true that most forms of strenuous exercise would not be achievable nor maintainable, but the most basic of stretching exercises and routines are a remarkable substitute.
What Is Stretching?
Before we dive headfirst into what works for who and why, it is important to understand exactly what stretching is. Stretching exercises have become commonplace among most people who wish to enhance, maintain, and exert the physical abilities of their bodies. But what exactly is stretching?
Stretching exercises can be defined as the deliberate elongation of a specific skeletal muscle or group of muscles. This is done to achieve better physical motion, flexibility, and range of motion in said muscle or muscle group. This, in turn, then increases the elasticity and muscle tone but also aids in prevention of injuries to the muscle being stretched and recovery time if said muscle has already been injured.
It is important to remember that the actual physical action of stretching comes instinctively to humans and some animals. The easiest example of a simple stretching exercise is the act of yawning, one which every man and woman does on a daily basis. The most common reason for this is that the body, after instinctively being in a state of physical rest or confinement, uses stretching to basically return those muscles to a state of normal function again without injury or the possibility of injury. Rationally, it then becomes easy to understand how very important stretching actually is in our daily life even without us knowing or being mindful of it.
