Helping Older People Stay Active At Home

I can also agree with Monica. The chair exercises for Tai Chi are very good. I had a Tai Chi teacher come to the house to show my husband after he was incapacitated after a reconstructed leg op. It definitely helped him

I have been following Yes2next on utube for simple exercises for seniors or beginners. Some of them are for cardiovascular too. I have not been going to the gym since the pandemic started so these exercises can be carried out wherever you have a little space indoors. youtu.be/HB21F-PqVW4 and youtu.be/jkaX-YbOi3I

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Thankyou!. Am now thinking what an idiot I am as I should have thought of googling Theraband myself. All I need now is the will power and motivation to exercise regularly! Is there a Youtibe video on that, I wonder!!

A Physiotherapist gave me those exercises to do, following my stroke in July.

I walk my 2 dogs 3 times a day. I cook, I bake, I knit, I don't really have the need to exercise thank goodness. It is always wise as we get older to keep brains as well as muscles in good working order.

That’s great nipsmum. Unfortunately my impairments mean I have to do my exercises every day to prevent my mobility issues from getting worse. I can only walk a few metres so going out for a walk 3 times a day isn’t an option

I'm an older person 77 Yrs old please be absolutely careful when you do any exercise even the ones the NHS say you should do.
An exercise I was given last year caused Plantar Fasciitis on my right foot. This is a very very painful condition on the foot and you can only walk with a stick.
This in turn because I was walking differently caused a sciatic nerve pinch in the same leg. I was in pain for 5 months and A& E told me it was walking on my toes that would have caused this, an exercise I was told to do by a Physio in the NHS.

Just a word of caution with Exercise 1 and with doing exercises when you are elderly.

This was one of the exercises I was given by the Physio and I ended up in A&E, I was asked what exercise have you been doing when I said this one she said STOP doing it that's the problem.
I had Plantar Fasciitis which later on because of how I was walking made the pain even worse with a pinched nerve in my leg. The pain was excruciating and it lasted 5 months, so be warned.
I have also had a neck injury doing Yoga and Pilates, still have damaged nerves down my face 4 years later.

lizzypopbottle, so true (no good waiting until you're old and unfit). I don't feel a need for special exercises yet, though, as I'm very active every day.

Today, for example, two long walks with the dog, several hours gardening (mowing with a push mower, pulling up weeds and trimming trees from a ladder) - and after lunch, cleaning windows. Yes, I did sit down with tea for half an hour before the second walk. I believe too much sitting around, lack of normal exercise and really bad lifestyle/food choices (for decades) gradually cause so much illness, injury, weakness, unhappiness and frailty (conveniently considered 'normal' in old age) in our western societies. This study found quite a dramatic difference in (so-called) age-related health problems between countries:

www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/703031

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There are so many helpful Youtube exercise regimes. Everyone should be able to find one that is just right for them.