When I entered my 60s, I noticed that I was unconsciously hesitating before stepping off curbs, going down stairs sideways, and leaning forward when I walked. I realized that my sense of balance was ‘off’. Actually, it was changing. As a person ages, their center of gravity shifts. People who were pretty sedentary (I spent 30 years in an office job sitting at a desk or in a meeting many hours a day) can have a harder time adjusting to this shift. That’s one reason why older people tend to have more trips and falls. So I started doing yoga to help my sense of balance and coordination. [Probably any type of isometric exercise regimen would work.] It worked quite well. I not only no longer lean forward when walking (which really strains your back and your lungs), I don’t hesitate before stepping off a curb and can walk up and down stairs in the normal way. I even took up SCUBA.
I am a lot better at walking and more able to do so now at 68 than I was in high school.
First, I weigh less.
Second, I was at club meeting back then and the chaperon decided we all needed some exercise and sent us out for a run on the local street where the house we were meeting was located. I fell off the curb and wrenched my ankle pretty badly tearing something inside (no scans back then so all they knew was that nothing was broken, no idea what I tore. Bad enough that I got out of gym for the rest of the year (my senior year). I have finally gotten to the point where the ankle bothers me rarely and if I rotate foot properly it makes a cracking sound and stops bothering me. (My husband thinks it fun to watch me rotate ankle back and forth until it cracks when it bothers me.)
When we go vacation the places we go usually involve walking and standing most of the day and I am much easier to that now then I used to when I was younger. We figure when we travel to Colonial Williamsburg (in normal, non-Covid years we go there 2-3 times a year) we walk close to 10 miles a day between day and evening activities. The main street is a mile long which is how we estimate this and that does not include walking from/to parking lot and walking unrelated to actually being at the restoration.
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
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nicka93 over 2 years ago
As we get older the aches and pains grow exponentially unfortunately.
Farside99 over 2 years ago
Although beyond retirement age, I must not be a plugger after all.
Gent over 2 years ago
Ah, the ol’ ageing process. It not spares nobody.
juicebruce over 2 years ago
That is the reason why I walk every day to keep the back in shape ;-)
david_42 over 2 years ago
Injuries aren’t the problem; it’s health insurance that lacks health care.
Sgt. Snorkle over 2 years ago
That sciatica is no joke, I am experiencing it now!
Ken Norris Premium Member over 2 years ago
It is easy for me to roll out of bed in the mornings. It’s just hard to get up off the floor…
GreenT267 over 2 years ago
When I entered my 60s, I noticed that I was unconsciously hesitating before stepping off curbs, going down stairs sideways, and leaning forward when I walked. I realized that my sense of balance was ‘off’. Actually, it was changing. As a person ages, their center of gravity shifts. People who were pretty sedentary (I spent 30 years in an office job sitting at a desk or in a meeting many hours a day) can have a harder time adjusting to this shift. That’s one reason why older people tend to have more trips and falls. So I started doing yoga to help my sense of balance and coordination. [Probably any type of isometric exercise regimen would work.] It worked quite well. I not only no longer lean forward when walking (which really strains your back and your lungs), I don’t hesitate before stepping off a curb and can walk up and down stairs in the normal way. I even took up SCUBA.
Teto85 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Lose about 100 lbs and those ailments will all go away. Even the Type 2 diabetes.
ctolson over 2 years ago
Got a cold & fever and I feel like I’ve been beaten with a ball bat.
mafastore over 2 years ago
I am a lot better at walking and more able to do so now at 68 than I was in high school.
First, I weigh less.
Second, I was at club meeting back then and the chaperon decided we all needed some exercise and sent us out for a run on the local street where the house we were meeting was located. I fell off the curb and wrenched my ankle pretty badly tearing something inside (no scans back then so all they knew was that nothing was broken, no idea what I tore. Bad enough that I got out of gym for the rest of the year (my senior year). I have finally gotten to the point where the ankle bothers me rarely and if I rotate foot properly it makes a cracking sound and stops bothering me. (My husband thinks it fun to watch me rotate ankle back and forth until it cracks when it bothers me.)
When we go vacation the places we go usually involve walking and standing most of the day and I am much easier to that now then I used to when I was younger. We figure when we travel to Colonial Williamsburg (in normal, non-Covid years we go there 2-3 times a year) we walk close to 10 miles a day between day and evening activities. The main street is a mile long which is how we estimate this and that does not include walking from/to parking lot and walking unrelated to actually being at the restoration.