Standing Stretches for Seniors – Real-time Routine
This standing stretching routine for seniors focuses on simple stretches that can help loosen up the muscles in the neck, shoulders, back, hips, and knees.
This standing routine is performed in real time, so it’s easy to follow along. It’s a great daily routine for seniors or for anyone looking for an easy but effective standing stretching routine.
Start off this standing stretching routine with a warmup including neck circles, standing Ts, modified jumping jacks, and standing march to help get the muscles warm and loose.
The first stretch, a standing sidebend, is great for the neck, arms, upper back, and hips.
Next, a chest stretch is a great way to open up the chest area, and this will also help with shoulders and breathing.
The final stretches might be best done while holding onto a chair, countertop, or using a cane for balance. Side lunge stretch, runner’s stretch, and standing hamstring stretch are all great to loosen up the muscles in the legs.
The ACL helps keep the knee stable, and prevents it from sliding forward. When you have a torn ACL, your knee can become painful and unstable. These stretches and exercises are for a non-operative or pre-operative injury.
Sciatic nerve pain often comes from tight muscles along its pathway. The hamstrings, IT band, and adductors can all contribute to compressing the sciatic nerve. These stretches might help.
This knee pain relief routine can help strengthen and loosen up the muscles around the knee and hip area. These knee exercises are done in real time, so it’s easy to follow along with the routine.
Knee pain can come from weakness and/or tightness in one of the muscles that cross the knee joint. These knee stretches & exercises may help provide knee pain relief.
Using a massage gun for knee pain relief is a popular way of relieving knee muscle soreness and tightness. So if you're struggling with knee pain, tight muscles, or soreness in your knees, a massage gun, may be just what your knees need!
Knee stretches & exercises are a great way to help relieve knee pain. But with nearly 1,000 videos on the Ask Doctor Jo YouTube Channel, it can be hard to find the best knee video for you. So here's a rundown of some of my favorite Knee Pain Relief Videos! They range from one simple stretch or exercise to a realtime video and a demo video. Just pick the one that's best for you!
Peripheral neuropathy is basically when you have damage to your peripheral nerves from either a trauma or disease. This can cause your hands and/or feet become numb and tingly. I'll focus on the feet/legs for this video.
This standing stretching routine for seniors focuses on simple stretches that can help loosen up the muscles in the neck, shoulders, back, hips, and knees.
