Many common preventive measures can help protect you from developing problematic physical conditions and diseases as you age. The reality is that taking care of your physical health doesn’t have to be complicated—it can be quite simple and enjoyable. Explore some of the most common physical ailments that seniors experience below and uncover useful tips for preventing and managing them. Incorporating these four tips below into your everyday life can help you feel like a new person, bring back or retain your youthfulness and joy for life, and avoid many physical problems in the future.
1. Properly manage your medical ailments, conditions, or diseases. Along with ensuring that you are receiving proper medical care for any ongoing health issues you may have, you should also learn about daily activities that can help you manage your medical conditions. For example, certain types of exercise can reduce your blood sugar and eliminate the need to take insulin. And small changes to your diet can improve your metabolic rate and make it easier to lose weight. (You can take off those few extra pounds that may be hurting your back and knees.)
2. Get an appropriate amount of exercise. Regular physical activity is highly beneficial for almost every senior, regardless of age or health status. Seniors should be incorporating aerobic, balance, flexibility, and muscle-strengthening exercises into their daily or weekly routines. Doing so can provide you with countless benefits. Recommended exercise guidelines exist, but you can adjust any exercise or activity to suit your own fitness level. (There’s even a discipline called chair yoga that adapts traditional poses for people who have difficulty getting up and down from the floor.) If you have any concerns about an exercise routine or activity, be sure to discuss it with your doctor prior to beginning.
3. Practice good nutrition. Feeding your body well and drinking enough water will help you feel better in almost every circumstance. Balanced nutrition gives you more energy, helps prevent illnesses and diseases, and assists with safe and sensible senior weight loss, if necessary. These things can have a huge positive effect on your overall physical health.
4. Get enough sleep and rest. Just like your body needs activity, it also needs ample time to recharge. Resting when you need to and getting a good sleep at night can help improve your energy levels, allowing you to be more physically active during the day. Additionally, getting seven to nine hours of sleep per night can help prevent certain illnesses and diseases. It also gives your body a chance to recover from the day’s activities.
It’s natural for your physical health to change as you age—it’s simply a part of growing older. However, implementing one or all these simple actions may help you maintain or improve your physical health as well as prevent or slow down the onset of certain conditions and diseases.
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