Living with congestive heart failure (CHF) presents unique challenges, but it also offers an opportunity to take charge of your health with the right resources and support. CHF occurs when the heart struggles to pump blood efficiently, leading to symptoms that can affect your energy, breathing, and overall well-being. While CHF is often tied to conditions like high blood pressure or coronary artery disease, many people successfully manage it by…
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What Is Vestibular Rehabilitation and How Does It Help?
Living with balance and dizziness issues can be incredibly unsettling. Imagine feeling unsteady on your feet, as if the ground might slip away at any moment, or experiencing sudden, disorienting spins that leave you dizzy and nauseous. These symptoms can severely impact daily life, making simple tasks like walking or turning your head feel challenging and risky. Vestibular rehabilitation offers a lifeline, helping to restore balance, confidence, and independence.
Staying Active to Manage Parkinson’s Symptoms
It’s beneficial for any older adult to stay active as they age, but especially for those with Parkinson’s, exercise could have a great impact on managing Parkinson’s symptoms. Several studies are uncovering direct links between physical exercise and Parkinson’s symptom management. In the largest clinical study to date, patients who exercised no less than 2½ hours per week gained a greater total wellbeing compared to those who refrained from physical…
Nutritional Supplements vs. Natural Foods: Which Is Best for Seniors?
Exercises for Seniors to Prevent Falls at Home
According to the CDC, around one in three seniors suffer falls every year, and fewer than fifty percent discuss those falls with their doctors. Often, a senior fall can lead to a serious injury, but even when it doesn’t, the senior can develop a fear of falling. This can lead to limited ability to exercise, a fear of going out and being social, and even a greater risk of another…
Know the Difference Between Dementia and Depression in Seniors
A visit with Mom recently revealed a number of unsettling signs. Even though she’s always been up at the crack of dawn, now it is hard to wake her before lunchtime. Rather than fixing an elaborate home-cooked meal, she prefers to simply warm up a can of soup; and can barely finish a small bowlful. Not only that, but she’s lost interest in spending time with her beloved friends from…
The Advantages of Exercise for Seniors with Alzheimer’s
The numerous advantages of exercise are obvious, but what isn’t as well recognized is that exercise for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia can be particularly helpful in many different ways. It can help decrease the risk for muscle weakness as well as other problems that stem from inactivity, can ease the effects of emotional and behavioral changes, and much more.
Exercise vs. Medication: What’s Best for Combating Common Senior Health Problems?
If you made a resolution back in January to work out more in 2021, ideally you’re continuing to stay with it! Adding more physical activity to your everyday activities is the one resolution we ought to all be implementing. For seniors, many of whom take multiple medications for a number of health problems, this is particularly true.
Eliminate Senior Fitness Barriers With These Tips
Engaging in a routine fitness regimen is challenging at any age. Working out is tedious. We would prefer not to invest the time. We’re feeling the pain from yesterday’s exercises. We’ve all made excuses such as these for avoiding physical fitness; but frailty and aging make it even more daunting to keep up with an exercise regimen and maintain senior fitness.