Physical Health - Exercise
Ok. Things are beginning to hurt. My knees hurt when I get up, my back gets easily jolted and I feel a bit stiff. I’m getting old so I have to put up with it and that’s the way it has to be. I’ll sit down and have another cup of tea.
But, perhaps not.
Our bodies are used to activity. In the old days of the hunter-gatherers we would be out there picking fruit leaves and all manner of useful things to keep ourselves alive. It would take hours of every day just to find enough food to keep body and soul together. Now, we pop down to the supermarket and get a ready meal, which we put into the microwave. All done.
Although we are fed and no longer hungry our bodies still need that exercise. We are programmed for it. Our body will start to crumble and decay if we do not do it. That crumbling and decay will bring with it the stiff joints, the bad back, the stiff feeling. Exercise will keep the muscles toned, the joints lubricated, and the tendons flexible. If you do exercise you will feel fitter, stronger and more supple. Life will become much more enjoyable.
At whatever stage you are, whether you have just been thinking about more exercise ‘as a good thing’ or you have just had an operation and have to go carefully, getting a regular pattern of exercise is important. It does not matter where you are, what state you are in or whom you are with. You can do it on your own or with someone else. This is going to go on forever. Regular chunks of exercise will make you feel younger, make your outlook on life fresher, make you feel more alert. It may even perhaps give you a shiny coat and wet nose. It is one of the answers to turning back the clock.
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Note: 4 Elderly health provides this site for information purposes only and insists that you should consult a doctor before engaging in anything mentioned here.