Thursday, May 25, 2017

fact: move it or lose it

Every muscle in the body should be moved every day.
As people get older they usually fold in on them selves.
The shoulders slump, the head and neck begin to hang down,
the back begins to look like the letter "C" slumping forward.
What this folding in on yourself does is squeeze your internal organs like heart, lungs, spleen etc.
It crowds the inside of you and makes it harder for your body to work.

If you have the ability to stand,
take a deep breath while stretching your arms out like on a cross - this is a
wonderful daily move that will help your posture and create the room
that your internal organs need.

If you begin moving your body now, then you probably won't stiffen up later.
Be good to your body and your body will be good to you.

Just to explain how easy this can be,
picture your self standing up and reaching with your right hand like you were going to get something off a top shelf. Then,
picture your self reaching with your left hand to the top shelf.
In this movement you have moved you feet, legs, hips, waist, lower and upper back, shoulder, arms and hands on both sides of your body.

If you are going to try this, then start slow and easy, and only do it
once or twice for the first 2 weeks until you get used to the motion.
Only reach to what is comfortable. Later a full stretch will feel comfortable.

Some people who sit most of the day are not used to reaching above shoulder high.
Be good to yourself and take it easy.

If you have a physical problem,
then move the parts you can because it will strengthen other connected parts.

All your muscles and joint should be moved every day.
Try to get the full motion.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
There are over 600 skeletal muscles within the typical human body.
Almost every muscle constitutes one part of a pair of identical muscles found on both sides of the body, resulting in approximately 320 pairs of muscles.

According to the Library of Congress, the human body has at least 650 skeletal muscles and as many as 840 depending on what counts as a muscle. Some sources count complex muscles as a single muscle, while others count complex muscles individual parts as separate muscles.


HEP is Healthy Elderly People


Daniel Boone AKA Spiritblood



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