Stretching exercises pay benefits for seniors

STRAIGHT SHOOTING ON HEALTH BY ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH MURRELL
STRAIGHT SHOOTING ON HEALTH BY ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH MURRELL

In dealing with my senior clients, the one complaint I heard most often was, “I just can’t move like I used to!”

That’s true. As we age, we lose a little bit of muscle and tendon flexibility naturally, however we can maintain a lot of it with exercise and stretching.

According to the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons, ligaments – the connective tissues between bones – become less elastic, …