As health conditions decline due to ageing, he/she tends to fall frequently due to imbalance in the body. This often leads to fractures, bruises, and sometimes head injuries. These conditions affect not only your mind but also your body.
To keep our body balanced, multiple systems in our body work simultaneously. This includes our vision, touch systems, and ear, which sends our senses into our brain, which gets converted to motor output via our systems. When we age, all these systems might start working slower. But following a daily regime will always prevent the same.
Here are some workouts for seniors:
1. Single Leg Exercise With a Stool
Stand in front of your kitchen sink and hold on to the front. Place your one foot carefully on a lower stool. Try to find balance as you stand upright, letting your hands go off the sink. Slowly lift your foot up and down from the stool.
Benefits
- This will keep your body balanced and your posture upright. You will feel the difference while walking alone.
- This exercise will strengthen your leg muscles, so the chances of frequent falls will decline.
2. Lower Body Strength Workout
Lower body strength workout such as Roman deadlifts helps to strengthen your legs and hips. Start practising the sit-to-stand exercises, heel raises, and squats 10 times daily.
Benefits
- This will strengthen your hips, calves, and quads.
- Additionally, this exercise is beneficial as it improves the balance of older people since the lower body weakens faster, leading to frequent falls.
3. Tai Chi
Tai Chi for Health Institute suggests that this exercise is beneficial for elderly persons with arthritis. Since it doesn't involve any high-risk moves, it is safe for seniors to practice this daily.
Benefits
- Benefits of Tai Chi include improving stress and arthritis pain relief.
- Apart from improving body balance, this exercise enhances mood disorders which are very common symptoms in older adults.