According to Sharon Kolasinski, M.D., an associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, “A third to half of doctor visits deal with musculoskeletal issues. They are one of the most common health problems.”
Osteoarthritis often starts as our bodies begin showing the effects of aging. However, joint pain can affect anyone at any age.
Ilchi Lee, originator of the Brain Education System Training (BEST) and author of In Full Bloom: A Brain Education Guide for Successful Aging, writes: “Keeping the joints functioning smoothly is very important for lifelong mobility and is absolutely essential for brain heath, because inactivity leads directly to the decline of the brain.”
In the following arm fling exercise, which promotes basic body and brain maintenance, Lee recommends that you try imagining you have the loose, carefree body of a child as you bounce up and down.
From Ilchi Lee (Excerpted from In Full Bloom: A Brain Education Guide for Successful Aging)
• Relax your shoulders and bend your knees slightly.
• Keep your feet planted on the floor beneath your shoulders as you swing your arms side to side.
• Bounce your knees to the rhythm of the movement.
• Repeat 20 or more times.
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