Does Getting Older Frighten You?

Does Getting Older Frighten You?

What’s going to happen in 5 years if you can barely walk up the stairs right now?? There was a study done a decade ago, where they measured the rate of muscle loss between an 18-year-old and a 65-year-old; what they found was that a 65-year-old loses muscle in 3 days whereas an 18-year-old willRead More…

Why Does Our Body Hurt So Much As We Get Older?

Why Does Our Body Hurt So Much As We Get Older?

It’s clear that the activity level of a 5-year-old and a 50-year-old are different and for obvious reasons they can’t do the same things. What a little kid does, the positions they get in and out of so easily are not a part of our everyday life. It’s challenging to get up and down fromRead More…

Is it true??? If you don’t use it you lose it?

Is it true??? If you don’t use it you lose it?

Yes, that’s right! If you don’t use it, you lose it and that includes muscle, strength, function, skills, language, brain tissue….. There is a pattern here that it seems everything natural in life must be “used” or demonstrated for function; nerve pathways and muscle chains must be nurtured and “cleaned” for optimal long term function.Read More…