VICTORIAN VILLAGE Life Style
Senior Fitness with Symbria May is National Osteoporosis Awareness & Prevention Month
With Symbria Wellbeing, we help you find the right form of exercise: • Start with a signed approval from your doctor and then a fitness assessment with your exercise specialist (Heather). After assessing your degree of osteoporosis and risk for fracture, we will design a program appropriate for you. These are the types of activities that are often recommended for people with osteoporosis: • Strength training exercises, especially those for the upper back • Weight-bearing aerobic activities • Flexibility exercise • Stability and balance exercise There will be moments to avoid, such as high- impact exercises, bending, and twisting.
Now is the perfect opportunity to learn more about this bone disease, which affects approximately 10 million Americans. If you have osteoporosis, you might mistakenly think exercise will lead to fractures. However, using your muscles helps protect your bones. Osteoporosis is a significant cause of disability in older women. A bone-weakening disorder, osteoporosis, often results in hip and spine fractures. How can you reduce our risk of these life-altering injuries? Exercise can help! • Increase your muscle strength • Improve your balance • Decrease your risk of bone fractures • Maintain or improve your posture • Relieve or decrease pain
www.VictorianVillage.com (708) 301-0800 | vv@provlife.com | 12600 Renaissance Circle | Homer Glen, IL 60491
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