What is it about?
It is vital to keep muscles strong, avoiding sarcopenia, and the bones and joints in good health [3]. Can we prevent sarcopenia and improve longevity and healthy ageing by simply interacting with each other to motivate ourselves and others around us to get up o the sofa and complete those 10,000 steps or achieve our tness targets? Who should be responsible and how can they motivate the average person to engage in physical exercise and incorporate it as part of their daily routine and help disability avoidance? Should responsibility lie with the NHS, the government, councils, schools/educational groups?
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Why is it important?
ere are many newly recognized health bene ts of activity in adults; apart from the well-established, including improving sleep, controlling weight (BMI), reducing stress and improving measurements of quality-of-life [3]. Exercise activity dramatically reduces the chances of the following serious and life-threatening illnesses which are potent causes of serious chronic disability:- • type II diabetes by 40% • cardiovascular disease by 35% • falls depression and dementia by 30% • joint and back pain by 25% • the variety of malignancies, including colonic and breast cancer -20% [3]
Perspectives
“I get by with a little help from my friends” John Lennon [10]. Looking into the future how can we motivate people to keep active, is group exercise an answer. How can this be facilitated to ensure and increase in disability-free life? Multi-disciplinary teams need to work together to prevent the development of chronic diseases through exercise and daily tness [6]. Aiming to engage people by incorporating exercise into daily work routines. We should learn something from other cultures, making time to carry out group exercise in work place and community settings. Showing people, the benefits of activity and give them the opportunity to feel young again and engage in physical activity with others. Health, wealth and happiness, exercise may not make you wealthy, but it will make you healthy and happy.
Dr Anthony Michael Mander
Nuffield Healthcare
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This page is a summary of: Exercise strategy for avoiding disability improving life expectancy and reducing healthcare costs, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research, January 2018, Open Access Text Pvt, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.15761/pmrr.1000187.
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