Thursday, 14 December 2023 – 12:00 WIB
JAKARTA – Entering old age or old age does not mean limiting yourself from remaining active. As is known, various physical activities for the elderly have been proven to help improve their physical and mental health.
One of the physical activities commonly undertaken by the elderly is elderly exercise. In elderly exercise, it is a series of movements or physical exercises carried out by elderly people to improve their functional abilities. This type of activity has regular, directed and planned movements, which are adapted to various body changes in the elderly. Scroll further, OK?
Specialist in internal medicine, geriatric consultant, dr. Rahmah Safitria Meutia, Sp.PD-KGer, FINASIM explained that elderly people who enjoy doing elderly exercise have been proven to make their bodies fitter compared to elderly people who rarely exercise. Apart from that, there are various other benefits that elderly people can feel when they regularly do elderly exercise, one of which is making them happy.
“One of them is mental because when you exercise, endorphins, happy hormones, are released, so you feel happier. “People who are happy sleep well at night and also prevent depression,” he said in the TvOne Healthy Living program, Thursday 14 December 2023.
Not only that, Rahmah revealed that there are various other benefits that elderly people can feel when they regularly do elderly exercise. Starting from improving fitness by stimulating or increasing cardio-respiration, so that the function of the heart and lungs becomes better. Then, elderly exercise can also increase immunity because the exercise of immune cells gets better.
“Third, it can increase muscle strength and bone health. Usually people who exercise are more alert in one set when walking because their muscles are still strong. “Other benefits include increasing our stability, preventing the risk of falls, and increasing body flexibility, as well as avoiding or controlling blood sugar levels and blood pressure so that we can avoid the risk of heart disease or stroke,” he explained.
Then diligently exercising and physical activity such as elderly exercise is also said to be able to control blood cholesterol and sugar levels.
“For cholesterol, look at the cholesterol levels in the blood. “high blood pressure and diabetes, one of which is regular exercise to lower cholesterol and blood sugar,” he said.
Meanwhile, there are several suggestions that elderly people need to pay attention to when they want to do elderly exercise, especially those who have a history of stroke. Rahmah revealed that for the elderly, physical activity is adjusted to their disease condition.
“If they have a certain disease, stroke, if the stroke does not interfere with movement and is still stable, they can take part in elderly exercise. “If you are already weak in half your body, you can no longer do it, but we can still adjust the physical activity for those who are paralyzed in half your body,” he explained.
2023-12-14 05:00:00
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