Mark twain said, "Age is a matter of mind over matter, If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”
In the Wall Street Journal today SUMATHI REDDY reported on a study the aging process as it effects the eyes, ears, brain, bones and strength.
In all of these areas we can develop strategies to slow loss of function to maintain the ability to bugger on.We need to begin fighting back on aging from our 30s on. With hearing we may have to do it sooner.
For myself having cerebral palsy my balances always been a struggle. As we get older many of you will begin to have problems with your balance. Balance can be improved by paying attention to our strength.
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| Source Wall Street Journal |
Our ability to learn new things peaks in our 20’s. By our 40’s it is harder to learn new things. I have found personally in the workforce that we are often thrust into new jobs or opportunities that require us to learn new things. It won't work to just say, “I’m an ole dog and I can't learn new tricks.” What we lose in our memory task we can adjust by our acquired ability to stay at until we learn. As we get older were pretty good at that.
If we are passive and ignore the normal decline when we get older it will become harder to deal with things. If that is the case, I think it's a good idea to not give up. We still can improve the quality of our life and it is still possible to add some time to our life. I have reported several times that if we begin with a health team from our 30s on and practice what is good lifestyle habits we can gain as much is seven years to our life. For Scientific and medical support for that you can check out Dr. Kenneth Cooper’s Cooper aerobics, Real share with Dr, Oz, the American Heart Association to cite a few.
If we make lifestyle changes in our 50s we can average about two years to our lifespan. We all know that medical intervention has improve our life span from the 30s to the 70s in the last hundred years.
Ignoring and possibly fearing the unknown in aging won't do at all. Facing up to our health with a good GP and medical support can make all the difference in the world. From time to time I was treated for physical therapy. For me it works much better then all the painkillers. Recognizing that I had a problem with depression help me find professionals and put the depression in recession. There're other things that I have down to prevent cancer and heart disease. Anecdotal evidence isn't always the best, but my brother ignored the warnings of smoking and heart disease and he passed away way to young.
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| Source: WSJ |
Reddy reported strength training can help balance. Today I did my strength training with my fat man exercises and my resistance bands. If our core and lower body has strength we will have better balance. I am counting on that helping me with aging and CP. Thank God most of you just have aging deal with. Please observe older people. In order for you to move around independently you are going to need spend time with strength training. I love the training that people can do sitting when they are aged. If you want mobility, than you will need to keep moving.
Invest in resistance bands or tubes, dumbbells. Learn to do body strength exercises. Added strength training program in your retirement. It will be good for your heart and help you keep your independence. Keep walking
Check out the articles
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27356977
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