Absence of mobility is just one of the most usual disability amongst older Americans, Census Bureau records show. Mobility is vital for independent living as well as making it through the day. Activites such as visiting a medical professional's workplace or shopping can be challenging. Whether you need to walk across a room to the bathroom or cooking area, get out of bed or a chair, or walk through a grocery store, flexibility is vital. Loss of mobility, which is very common among older adults, has profound social, emotional, as well as physical consequences. "If you're unable to get out then [...]

"There's a large difference between how we should workout in our 20s and how we should workout when we're much older," says Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Health Care in Melbourne FL. "You can't push it like before, and getting older brings conditions to overcome," says Cleveland. Jeff believes that seniors require specialized equipment that is made specifically for their needs. Walk into any gym and you will likely see equipment made for younger adults. And most of today's exercise machines are designed for 18 to 35 year-olds. "Older adult needs just aren't supported," says Cleveland. To make a difference [...]

As an airborne sergeant for the Army during the 1980s, Jose Lopez-Rivera's responsibilities were to educate young recruits exactly how to securely repel out of a helicopter. Training involves a rigorous and multi-phase process for those that are not faint of heart. For many who stand in the open door of an in-flight helicopter, it's a mind-blowing experience. As you look down for the first time repelling to the ground, you're overcoming you very own fears. Rivera aided many to safely dominate the task. What was to become his last and also final responsibility, ended with tragedy. After he saw his [...]

Greater than 795,000 Americans suffer a stroke annually. Although the incidence of stroke has decreased dramatically because the 1960s, the strokes that do happen are equally as severe. As a matter of fact, stroke is a leading source of long-lasting disability in the United States. Taking into consideration the above reality, study does offer good news. The largest U.S. research study of stroke rehab to date, reveals 52 percent of the participants considerably boosted in walking, day-to-day function, and also lifestyle, no matter just how serious their impairment. For the two-thirds that make it through a stroke, extensive recovery helps them [...]

If you're one of 92 million American adults that are coping with some kind of heart disease, you've probably heard your doctor tell you to change your way of life. Reducing high blood cholesterol, hypertension, and reducing body weight can be the gold requirement of heart-healthy change. Now, professionals state, you can include meditation to that list of suggestions. According to a new evaluation from the American Heart Association (AHA), meditation has the potential to minimize some threat factors for heart problem. " When you think about the human impact of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, an alternate treatment is an excellent [...]

Home is the location where you feel in control and effectively oriented in space and time. It is a safe and foreseeable location. Yet more accidents take place in our homes than any other location. For people over age 65, home is the most likely place for an injury to happen from a fall. Falling is the single leading cause of home mishaps in older adults. According to AARP, "Approximately one in four U.S. locals aged 65 years (or older) report falling each year." Twenty percent of those falls result in a major injury, such as a fracture or head injury. [...]

Jeff Cleveland knows the benefits of treatment and how it can help you and if you're one of 92 million American adults that are living with some kind of heart problem, you've most likely heard your doctor inform you to alter your way of life. Minimizing high blood cholesterol, hypertension, and reducing body weight can be the gold standard of heart-healthy change. Now, specialists say, you can include meditation to that list of suggestions. According to a new evaluation from the American Heart Association (AHA), meditation has the potential to minimize some threat factors for heart disease. " When you consider [...]

If you wish to feel less discomfort, take less medications, improve your flexibility, get more powerful, and avoid joint replacement surgical treatment in the future, then you're going to have to get moving, says Justus J. Fiechtner, MD, MPH, head of rheumatology at Michigan State University. A terrific method to start moving is extending, which is not something just professional athletes require to do prior to a competitors. Reality is that carrying out simple stretches two or 3 times a week can considerably help anyone boost flexibility, enhance balance, and relieve the pain triggered by arthritis. " Many people feel that [...]