Sarcopenia Affecting The Musculoskeletal System

Newton’s first law of motion states that an object in motion will remain in motion, while an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by another force. This seems to be true with humans as well because it is more likely that a person will remain active in their later years if they remain to be active through the critical time of their late teens and twenties. Because a major portion of this age category is in college, it is crucial for universities and community colleges to provide physical education to help students achieve and maintain a standard level of physical and mental fitness outside and inside the classroom.

Exercises and physical activity have been associated with numerous health benefits including reducing incidences of falls and injuries among the elderly and the geriatric population. Appropriately exercise programs and cardiovascular fitness in older people improve strength and balance. The interventions included strengthening, endurance, balance, flexibility exercises, Tai Chi, stand up/step down procedure and walking exercises. In the first research, the findings were that program targeting balance, leg strength, and freezing gait were only effective in people with milder illnesses, as opposed to more serious disorders like Parkinson’s disease. The study was done for a period of 2 years. In the second research, the findings showed that a multi-component enhanced physical performance of the community indwelling adults but did not translate to psychological outcomes or reduced rates of falling.

This article addresses an important issue on how to develop frailty assessment tools in older adults with musculoskeletal disorders. Why is this topic more essential? Frailty has found in various fields of chronic diseases not only in musculoskeletal disorders. I am interested in frailty; however, it is tricky to determine who present frail in older adults having physical function limitation. Therefore, the different among physical function limitation, immobility, and frailty are still hard to justification. For example, older adults having secondary or third osteoarthritis always presents with severe pain at the knee joint. This pain also interferes his/her physical function. The more joints movement, the greater pain emerge. Reducing severe

Yes, I agree with you that people are living much longer thanks to advances in technology and medicine. Thus, the older adults (I prefer to use the term older than elderly or geriatric), is one group of the population that Healthy People 2020 has assigned a separate topic of concern. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggested that any health promotion for the older adult has to take into consideration the psychosocial determinants of health. Given that older adults may not have the physical strength or stamina of the younger population, participation in physical activities should be encouraged (Healthy People 2020). If you don’t mind I would like to suggest that you include some kind of activity in your program

The class consisted of mainly strength training, long periods of stretching and short cardio. It was essential that the activities was mainly concentrated on increasing leg strength and improving balance. Strengthen the bones will help build bone thickness and help lessen the danger of breaks/fractures. Balance, coordination and mobility will help older adults from falling. Older adults are at high risk of falling and this can cause serious injuries such as hip fractures, head traumas and even death. The class also helped older adults educate themselves on preventive strategies from falling as well.

Will you let yourself struggle with several diseases when you get older? Nowadays, the world has changed. The number of population in the earth keep rising, and elderly people are large percent of world’s citizens that increase in every year. The following problems are the illness that usually occur with older age people, but there are many ways to solve this problem such as doing exercise. Doing exercise is very important especially in older adults, It can help to improve both physical and mental health also It can decrease pain when doing appropriate exercise program in later of life.

The evidence included in this summary is from Franco, J. R., Jacobs, K., Inzerillo, C., & Kluzik, J. (2012). The effect of the Nintendo Wii Fit and exercise in improving balance and quality of life in community dwelling elders. Technology & Health Care, 20(2), 95-115. The study addressed whether or not improving balance through exercise decreased the risk of falls. The study compared two types of exercise programs for improving balance; the Nintendo Wii Fit and the Matter of Balance program. The methodology included dividing residents of an independent living senior facility into three groups. The Wii Fit group and the Matter of Balance group consisted of 11 participants and the third group, the Control group, consisted of 10 participants. Results were determined based on one-way ANOVAS in which variation within each sample was compared to the variation between the samples to test whether there is greater variation between the groups. Assessments from the outcome measurements were not statistically significant according to the study. The Berg Balance Scale tool measured the pre and post balance of the participants resulting in little change with the strength of this assessment evidenced by (p=0.837). The Tinetti Gait and Balance Assessment of mobility, balance, gait, and fall risk of participants registered minimal pre and post change with the

The document Seniors and Aging – Osteoarthritis as part of the It’s Your Health newsletter was prepared by Health Canada in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada. The target audience of this document are the at-risk population of seniors in Canada, who are at an increased risk for developing osteoarthritis. The document emphases certain risk factors that increase the likelihood of getting osteoarthritis and highlights potential steps to decrease one’s likelihood of developing the condition. The majority of Canadians with osteoarthritis are above the age of seventy. Therefore, the purpose of the document is to decrease the prevalence of osteoarthritis by educating the population about risk factors for developing the condition.

I am a CNA and I am currently working for a Home Health Care Agency. It is my job as a caregiver to keep my clients healthy and active. I do everything from making doctors appointments, give medications, prepare healthy meals and observe and report any signs and symptoms to the family, nurse, or physician. One of the most critical part of my job is to make sure they are staying active. There is a popular quote "if you don't use it, you lose it" this is incredibly true when it comes to the elderly. The majority of my clients are not active. The most walking they do is to the bathroom and down to the dining hall, even then most of them take their scooters to the dining room. So it is very vital that I encourage them to do as much physical activity

Exercises could be done individually or structured as group activities. Twice or three times per week, as part of CDC recommendation for all adults, supervised by trainer is ideal and proven to be more effective[1], [9].Exercises could also be integrated into the existing public gymnasiums with minor modifications. The types varied also from intensive cardio oriented exercises to those that can be done at a sitting or semi-sitting positions with out strenuous activity (focused on balancing & strengthening). In addition to the fall prevention, exercises encourages group work with strengthening of elderly peer support

EnhanceFitness is a program that has been designed to increase strength, flexibility, and balance to the older population (Tomioka, Sugihara, & Braun, 2012). This is a great example of an evidence-based health promotion program for the elderly. EnhanceFitness is an ongoing class conducted by a certified trainer where the elderly can come and participate in up to three times weekly that focuses improving overall fitness and well-being of older adults (What is EnhancedFitness?, 2016). As we all know physical activity has an abundant of health benefits, yet the older population have fears of participating in physical activity. Fear of falling, health problems, and inconvenience are the key determent to the older population in participating in

All participants must undergo an evaluation by a physical therapist to assess baseline ROM, muscle strength, flexibility, and measurement of their flexed posture by means of kyphometer placed on specific landmarks on the spine (University of California, San Francisco, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, n.d.). This evidence-based exercise program is designed to modify the postural changes that often happen in the older adult. Not only it will improve compliance with tasks, but also promotes a social atmosphere for the participants since most of the clients have a common goal of improving wellness and overall health. The fitness- wellness program consists of postural awareness training and bone wellness activity such as weight bearing exercises. Upper body and lower body exercises are accomplished by utilizing a resistive Therabands, foam rollers, dumbbells, and ankle weights. Equally important, core back muscles strengthening task are implemented with the help of core trunk stabilization drills. Al Dajah & Muthusamy (2015, p. 237) recommends that back strengthening exercise should be a part of a wellness treatment program to help improve the respiratory condition of elderly clients with flexed posture due to osteoporosis. Finally, balance and steadiness awareness tasks

Educating Mary on multiple components of her exercising plan and lifestyle choices will be beneficial for her and her family. Significant things that Mary should be educated on are her Diet and nutrition since she is struggling with osteoporosis; additionally, on what osteoporosis is and ways she could prevent it or lessen the severity. Assuming Mary has never gone through a graded exercise test (GXT), she should know why she needs one and what her results mean. Furthermore, Mary should be educated on her aerobic exercise plan, and why it would be beneficial for her to do. Considering her high blood pressure in her eye, it wouldn’t hurt to educate Mary on glaucoma; as well as, any other risk factors of aging that may pertain to her.

Tennis is one of those sports which can be played by everyone. One good thing about this sport is that is never too late to learn it. However, people might come to the tennis courts from special populations, such as having a condition of osteoporosis, arthritis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, etc. If that is the case, then I would need to create a personalized workout program for everyone separately depending on the condition. For example, since tennis can be played at any age, a big part of my clients are 50 years old and above. According to the authors of the textbook, 55% of the people who are 50 years and older either have osteoporosis or are at a higher risk. This means that bone mass is decreasing and that certain exercises might

Majority of the patients I worked with were in the elderly age and usually have a sedentary lifestyle. Aging and Fitness, a PEES course, taught me how to work with elderly individuals. What is noticeable with working with older people is the rapid fatigue that takes place during physical activities. Some of the key things that were mention in Aging and Fitness were to always keep clients hydrated and keep the mood pleased for patients to maintain a stable administrative organization. In the GSIRC, the music was a major factor that kept the patients mood in great spirit during their visits. While I assisted patients with their workouts, they constantly asked about alternative inexpensive workouts that could be done at home. As an intern, I could not answer question that could harm a patient’s health. Sports Law, another PEES course taken at Lander, taught me about precautions that should be taken into consideration to avoid lawsuits. The most important part of the internship that was constantly stressed was to observe patients and eliminate any hazardous activity that could further impairment a patient. My knowledge of laws related to the different fields of exercise proved valuable during my internship. There was a lot of information covered during orientation for the GSIRC, that I learned from the Sports Law class. The PEES