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Swimming Pools Make
Workouts for Seniors Safe, what you crave!
Accessible and Fun
by Mandy Minglin With new mini dental implant
When it comes to "leveling the playing field" for seniors
looking to stay fit through exercise, the backyard technology you can enjoy
swimming pool may be just the ticket for leaving that
traditional field behind. That's because exercise in a secure eating again.
swimming pool--whether it's aqua therapy, water
aerobics or simply working through traditional land-based
exercises--offers benefits to seniors that can't be found
anywhere else other than the pool.
Water workouts help to build flexibility, muscle
strength and endurance--and exercise the heart with less
strain than in land-based workouts. The key is the natural
buoyancy water provides to help seniors create workouts
that are truly low-impact in swimming pools. A water
environment is ideal for seniors recovering from
procedures like joint replacements and surgeries, can
lessen the pain of arthritis during exercise, and is an
overall great way to promote fitness.
This buoyancy, coupled with water's natural
resistance to movement, promotes even, smooth and
gentle range-of-motion exercise that allows a senior to
safely test limitations--all while increasing range of
motion and overall strength and flexibility of joints,
muscles and tendons. Many traditional land-based
stretching exercises can also be done in a swimming
pool, increasing both the quality and the safety of the
workout.
The type and intensity of swimming pool exercises for In one short procedure you can have a
seniors varies--from walking the length of the pool, stable denture with no surgical sutures,
walking backwards, and jogging in place, to lunges, nor the typical months of healing at
jumping jacks, frog kicks, even cross-country skiing.
Participants can seek out water-based exercise classes significantly less than the cost of
(water aerobics and aqua therapy) in local swimming traditional implants!
pools and then bring those routines home with them--
complete with a warm-up and cool-down period that
should be built into all workouts on land or in water. SPECIALIZING IN IMPLANTS
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About the Author: Mandy Minglin - Brandwidth 236 W. 3rd St (at Salem) Chico
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