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The US Surgeon General Recommends that every US adult should engage in regular physical activity. Regular physical activity has beneficial effects on most (if not all) organ systems, and it helps prevent a broad range of health problems and diseases. Most older people can safely begin low level exercise on their own and should contact their health care provider if they are contemplating moderate or strenuous exercise. The following are questions you can ask your health care provider about physical activity.
- What are the benefits of physical activity for my particular health conditions?
- What is considered physical activity?
- Is it safe for me to exercise?
- What type of exercise should I be doing? Are there exercises I should avoid doing?
- How much physical activity is normally recommended for an adult my age? Is this right for me?
- What is a benefit to resistance training? Is it right for me? How do I begin? How fast should I increase the amount of exercise I do?
- What is a benefit to balance training? Is it right for me? How do I begin?
- Is there benefit to stretching exercises? Are they right for me? What stretches should I do?
- What is a realistic physical activity goal for me?
- Are there safety tips while I exercise that I should know? In particular, do I need to adjust my medications in any way while I exercise?
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