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What Is Functional Mobility and How Do You Find It?

As we age, maintaining mobility and living pain-free becomes increasingly important. For those over 50, functional mobility is the key to staying active, independent, and living your best life. Whether you’re a seasoned water workout enthusiast or just dipping your toes in, understanding and improving functional mobility can transform your daily life. What is Functional Mobility? Functional mobility refers to the ability to move freely and easily to perform everyday activities. It’s not just about flexibility or strength, but a combination of both, along with balance and coordination. Functional mobility enables you to bend, reach, walk, climb stairs, and even get up from a chair without difficulty or pain (or

3 Ways High Intensity Water Exercise Helps Ease Back Pain

Water exercise is often noted as a safe movement regime for those seeking relief from pain. The slow-paced, gentle movements are easy on the joints, thanks to water’s buoyancy that supports your muscles. However, did you know that high-intensity, cardio-focused, and strength-building workouts in the pool can also ease pain? These vigorous exercises could be the missing piece in your long-term pain relief strategy, promoting muscle strengthening to banish pain for good. Let’s explore the idea of high intensity exercise and its impact on pain relief. Muscles Thrive With Balance Imagine a newly planted tree, stabilized by stakes placed evenly around it. Similarly, muscles achieve their best performance when

Busting The Myth: Why Slower Exercise Isn’t Always Easier

When it comes to water exercise, or even any exercise, a common misconception is that slow movements are easy and less effective. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. In reality, moving slowly in the water can reveal our weaknesses, enhance muscle control, and improve overall fitness. Let’s dive into why slow doesn’t mean easy and how it can transform your water workout routine. Why Slow Movements Matter 1. Increased Muscular Effort In the water, buoyancy supports your body, making certain movements feel easier when compared to land exercises. For example, jumping in the pool reduces the load on your joints significantly, making it a less

How To Start A Water Walking Club In 5 Steps

Water walking offers a fantastic way to exercise, stay cool, and make new friends. It’s not just about staying fit; it’s about the amazing benefits that come along with it. Let’s dive into what water walking is, the benefits, and why forming a water walking club might be the best decision you make for your health and social life. What is Water Walking? Water walking is a simple and highly effective exercise performed in a pool. As the name suggests, it involves walking through typically chest-deep water—that’s it; it’s a surprisingly low-impact, full-body workout. Water walking reduces the stress on joints significantly, making it an excellent choice for seniors,

7 Ways To Improve Mobility

Mobility is the ability to move freely and easily. If you want to be fast in a 5k race, prevent a fall on your next vacation, or avoid next-day body aches after gardening, you need to train for mobility—stretching alone is not enough. Muscles are much like an elastic band, requiring different capabilities with every step, reach, or bend. They need elasticity to execute the move, strength to control it, and power to change directions; and these things need to be done repeatedly without fatigue if we’re to live a normal, mobile life. That’s why functional mobility isn’t just stretching; it’s flexibility, strength, endurance, and so much more working together.

5 Therapies To Complement Your Water Exercise For Maximum Results

Movement as we get older can too often be riddled with aches and pains. Isn’t this just the life for us as we age? Is the privilege of age enough, even if we can’t put our shoes on without sitting down? It’s my mission to challenge this—I want us to get MORE mobility as we spend longer on this planet, reduce the pain, and scrap the idea that getting stuck, immobile, and feeling pain is just par for the course. Water exercise is a powerful tool in this journey to reducing pain and improving mobility, offering a low-impact, highly effective way to strengthen muscles, increase flexibility, and reduce pain. But

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What Is Functional Mobility and How Do You Find It?

3 Ways High Intensity Water Exercise Helps Ease Back Pain

Busting The Myth: Why Slower Exercise Isn’t Always Easier

How To Start A Water Walking Club In 5 Steps

7 Ways To Improve Mobility

5 Therapies To Complement Your Water Exercise For Maximum Results

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