Issue Vol. 3 No. 7

In This Newsletter
Introduction
Healthfully yours
Health Hints

Introduction***

The Doctor's Senior Exercise & Health Newsletter is written monthly, solely for information to help seniors, baby boomers and anyone who may have an interest in staying healthy, living a vigorous, active lifestyle and combating the aging process. It does not constitute the practice of medicine and is not meant to prescribe treatments. It is offered strictly as an educational aid. Any medical problems you may have, we recommend that you seek the help of your physician or other healthcare professional. Discussing your intentions with your doctor is always the proper procedure. The newsletter also includes know-how in the form of useful tips and links to more extensive material on the Internet. You may wish to share this newsletter by sending a copy to a friend, neighbor or relative and suggesting they subscribe to it.

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Healthfully Yours***

Health And Longevity…

The benefits of exercise are immeasurable. As of late everyone has gotten on the bandwagon. You can't open a magazine, read a paper, and switch on the radio or television without seeing or hearing about the benefits of exercising. Why is it that the World Health Organization reports that about 1.9 million deaths occur each year, attributable to living a sedentary lifestyle? Not being active and exercising makes this the seventh leading cause of death. Although these statistics are approximate estimates by the researchers, experts in the field feel that they are quite conservative. Worldwide, inactivity places this as the 14 th leading cause of preventable death.

Researchers at the Naval Medical Research Institute found that women who exercise regularly are less likely to lose body heat when exposed to cold, than women who don't exercise. Why? The researchers theorize that the healthy arteries of exercisers efficiently regulate blood flow, thus helping prevent the loss of body heat.

It is a well known fact that exercise can be one of the most important aspects of making and keeping our bodies healthier and keeping it that way for the long term. Unfortunately, as we get older, many people feel that it is too late for them to start exercising. Not true. Way not true! You can start exercising at any age, and the sooner, the better. It is only a matter of finding an exercise program that you can actually adjust to your own physical capabilities. You may look at the “Doctor's Senior Exercise” program at http://www.doctorsexercise.com .

This is a program that I developed, because, I must confess, I too had neglected due to the time consumed in my practice. That, and the fact I did not care to go to gyms. By exercising at home, I valued my privacy, found the environment more conducive, was able do so at whatever time I found convenient (usually in the morning), and was able to gear my exercise to my bodies responses, and not needing to keep up with a group or trainers demands.

The important aspect of maintaining your body is exercise, not matter how you do it, or whatever exercise program you use. The need to start is urgent. The benefits of exercising are many. Here are some of them.

Maintains the muscles, tendons and joints flexibility, due the stretching of these tissues. Will keep you limber and agile through your senior years.

It will strengthen the muscles, giving you a more vigorous outlook in your bearing.

It will improve your balance and will help prevent serious falls in latter years.

It will improve the body's endurance by improving the lung, heart and circulatory systems. Breathing will improve and you will feel stronger.

The immune system will strengthen and respond to most minor and even major onslaughts of illness, at a better rate of recovery.

Exercise will strengthen the bones. It can prevent osteoporosis and even improve the bone density if osteoporosis is present. Strengthening the bones can prevent fractures.

Exercise can be an important factor in maintaining a normal blood pressure and breaking down the blood pressure of those that have a higher than normal blood pressure.

Obesity has become a serious problem over the years. Exercise can help bring weight down and help in maintaining a normal weight.

Exercise will raise your mood and reduces anxiety and depression.

It is a way of lowering risk factors for heart disease, type 2 diabetes and colon cancer.

Above all it will raise your self-esteem and make you feel good about yourself. You will stand taller and walk with a more spring your step.



Health Hints***

You have read all about the benefits of exercising. Now it is up the individual to take the next step. (How could you not?). The first step is to consult with your physician or healthcare professional concerning your health and the type of program that best be suited for you.

The next step is a program that you find convenient and easy to perform. A program that is non-impact that will give you a total body workout, and that you can gear to your own body's physical capabilities.

You should be comfortable with the program so that it would make it easier to stick with it. It has been shown that the majority of people who start exercise programs will drop the program within a month or so. Therefore, you must find the program you like. If you stay with the program for 3 months, you will be dedicated to continuing it. I advocate a daily routine, preferably in the morning when you first get up.

When the day approaches and you miss your exercise session without a valid reason, and you feel guilty about it, you then have become dedicated to your exercise routine. You have now started on a more healthy and vigorous lifestyle, and will have changed your whole outlook on life.

Doc Cane

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