Four Back Stretching Exercises For Senior Citizens

As the senior citizens age get more they try tofront of you and then put your leg on the chair
avoid every kind of exercise that would makeand lean forward while keeping the back quite
them fall. But a very important fact is to keepstraight. The next important one is the back
the muscles strong even if the individual cannotstretch which is done by interlacing your fingers
walk or move freely for a period of time. That isand put your head into it and stretches till you
the area where stretching for these person's arefeel the tension in your back.
very critical, because the method of stretchingThe other is the torso workout which is done by
improves your joints and helps to strengthen thesitting with your arms up and the fingers
muscles.interlaced with the palms up. Slowly lean to one
These types of stretches are very important forside and hold the position when you feel the
the senior citizens, for a start try to walk for fivetension then do the same for the other side as
to ten minutes to get your muscles warmed up.well about 2-3 times. The final one is the triceps
Warming up is a very important part of it asstretch and this is done by bending your left
without this you will damage your muscles veryelbow behind of your head, then use the right
easily. For each particular stretch hold it for abouthand to pull it further until you feel the tension in
10-20 seconds and do this two times. In the casethe back of the arm.
of the hamstring stretch you should put a chair in