Making W
Linda Manwarren | Member, Wellness Committee
Peo
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Regularly, we hear that
it is important to stay
as active as possible —
especially as those years
add up. We are also well
aware that these very
same years add fear of
injury. A brief review
of current literature on
aging and exercise is
showing an exercise
that is perfectly suited
for men and women
sixty-five and older.
It is swimming!
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“Some people hat
because of the pa
swimming is one
where they don’t
worry about that.
not a weight-bear
arthritis patients
the knee or hip or
they might suffer
exercise,” reports
Tanaka, director
of Education’s Ca
Aging Research L
University of Tex
In addition to ea
discomfort, swimm
to be as effective a
walking in reducin
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