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STRAIGHT SHOOTING ON HEALTH BY ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH MURRELL -
Hamstring stretch is one exercise the writer recommends to help keep muscles flexible and to increase mobility. COURTESY PHOTO
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…