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Risky Exercises
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Exercise is always been recommended for the betterment of the seniors, right? In fact, I have mentioned in my blog for a couple of times that exercises are indeed great for them. On the other hand, exercising is not the end of it. When exercise comes to your mind, it should be followed with a question, what kind of exercise should it be? - because not all types of exercises are good for a senior folk like you.
Take the cases of the people from Taipei who get fond of exercising in an extreme way called “wall-butting.” It is derived from tai chi exercise where the person falls backward onto a hard item like trees. “Pebble walkway” is also another type of exercise that seniors do, by walking on small pebbles with barefoot.
Chien Wen-jen, director of National Federation of Associations of Physical Therapists expresses his concern about the matter. Showing them the dangers of such exercises seems to be less convincing for the seniors as he tries to stop them from doing such. He believes that the word of mouth that comes from their peers and other people who have said that wall-butting and pebble walkway are effective means of removing pains and body aches sound more inviting for these folks. He also stated that these exercises can actually worsen their condition, instead of improving them.
In addition to that, there are reported cases of injuries which were acquired by seniors from performing these kind of exercises. A 65-year old woman will be stuck in her wheelchair after arching her back over some tires and two males seniors twisted their necks after performing head flings.
To read the entire story, go to:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/10/28/2003385100
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