Retirement is nothing to lose your balance over. Dr. Alicia Arbaje said, “weakness and loss of balance are usually symptoms of inactivity, not old age”. There is some decline in our balance as we age. This is normal. It concerns retired and aging people because we have all heard of a senior who has fallen….
Hippocrates said, “Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.” Hippocrates was a Greek physician who is referred to as the…
For most people, bone loss begins after age 30. By the time we reach retirement age, if not before, we become concerned about our bone loss. We know of friends that fall and fracture bones. We hear that word osteoporosis, which means bone mineral loss. Is there anything we can do? As we age, we…