Your
mother probably told you “Don’t slouch.”
Your mother was right.
New
research has found that bad posture may be an indicator that a person will need
nursing home care or become dependent on home assistance for their daily
needs. While researchers noted that the
spine tends to compress as we age, maintaining good spinal posture “allowed the
aged to maintain independent lives.” The Japanese study, which pulled its data
from spinal posture measurements of more than 800 adults 65 and older, was
published in April in the Journals of Gerontology Series A.
Worried
that you are beginning to stoop and droop when you walk? Keep your chin up……literally. The spine tends to go where you are looking
(makes sense, right?). Practicing good
posture techniques can keep you on the straight and narrow. To see a video on “10 Daily Posture Exercises
for Seniors,” go to bit.ly/youtube-seniorposture
Many
thanks to Doreen H. for keeping us all upright:)
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