Exercise for Bone and Joint Health

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Your bone and joint health is a very important health factor, especially as you age or are already in your senior years. If you are experiencing bone and joint pain you shouldn’t cut back on your physical activity. You should actually try to increase your activity level and add some exercise into your daily routing that will help you promote good bone and joint health. There is research that indicates that physical activity is of great benefit to seniors, as well as for people who have medical conditions that include high blood pressure, osteoporosis, arthritis, or heart conditions. There are many benefits to seniors when they exercise. These benefits include: (1) the strengthening of bones, (2) a reduction in muscle and joint pain, (3) a slowing of the loss of muscle mass, (4) some relief from joint and muscle stiffness, and (5) and improvement in flexibility and balance. The more you can do for your bone and joint health the more you will enjoy your senior years.

There are many types of exercise that you can add to your day to maintain your bone and joint health. Many of these physical activities are easy and simple to incorporate into your life. By adding just 30 minutes of some type of activity to your life you will soon be noticing a significant difference in your bone and joint health. Try walking for 30 minutes each day, washing your car by hand, swimming at the local pool, going for a ride on your bike, weeding your garden, or taking your grandchildren to the park. If you experience any type of pain while performing any new physical activity you will want to talk to your doctor and discuss some alternate type of activity that you can try that won’t cause you and pain. Exercise, at all times, should be pain free.

Taking care of your bone and joint health will require some effort and concentration but the end result will be less aches and pains in your older years.