The importance of Stretching your mind and body to obtain balance. One without the other lessons the benefits and reduces the impact
Why is stretching so important?
If you don't use it you lose it
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This is as true for your mind and body despite your age and condition. All through life we push ourselves to learn and get more exercise to build body strength. However, the benefits of stretching are often forgotten.
We get a little less motion as the years pass but accept it as an aging condition and one over which we have no control.
How wrong can you be?
The body and you
a good stretching regime can recover the benefits lost over many decades of misuse. However, it can not be done in a day. it will take both patience and persistence to recover the range of motion that has gone from you.
The beauty of stretching exercises is they can be done anywhere and take little time when compared to most body-changing habits.
First of all Harvard Medical Institute says to warm your body before stretching. Most of us have been trained to stretch before exercise and have had this wrong for all the years past. It stands to reason that having warm muscles will aid better stretching so a five-minute walk may well loosen up all the tight joints.
We all have areas of concern, backs, hips, legs, shoulders right down to ankles. Therefore obtaining the correct rehab from a trained professional is necessary.
I do a shoulder regime following an injury, a back regime to maintain core strength, and a leg workout to keep the motion going forward.
The surprising benefits of stretching the body
Naturally, you will gain better motion and become more flexible with a set regime that is a consistent habit. Your mind will also benefit not only from an endorphin rush but a mental kick into feelgood gear.
You will feel better about yourself following a stretching regime that may be just 5-plus minutes long.
As you stretch there should be no pain however you may find that certain muscle groups will remind you that they have had a workout and getting benefits from being reused.
The importance of Stretching your mind and body
This is an area that can not be underestimated and every age level needs to take on new challenges to get the maximum performance out of their given abilities.
The brain needs a challenge
We only use a small percentage of the brain's ability therefore losing any part of it will affect our life's activity.
Many older groups resort to Crosswords and word puzzles to retain an active brain however this has been described as learning a format more than generating more positive results.
How often do you see the elderly refuse to use a mobile phone properly or for that matter a computer? This is not because they can't it is because they won't. We get lazy and balk at any fork in the road that is different.
Many of us will have a mobile phone preference and dislike the other. We are in an Apple camp or an analog group and won't change.I am as guilty as the next on this and it is just a small learning curve that we ignore.
There is no doubt that you let the brain get lazy. The brain does not change it is you that controls the daily functions and can provide the exercise necessary to make it work.
Of course, I am ignoring all medical conditions and relating to those among us that have simply got lazy. If the cap fits, wear it and do something about it.
A busy brain has no time to relax except for those quiet moments of contemplation when you let it run wild.
Taking on a challenge
There are endless ways to challenge the brain into a new learning curve and start the building blocks called progress. Yes, it may stretch you at the start and you may feel overwhelmed with panic as you struggle to come to grips with a new concept. And, when you find the answer and it becomes easy a new dimension arrives to start the cycle over again. This is called learning. We have been doing it since day one.
Although I subscribe to my own doctrine this is not about me. I want you to think about yourself and where you sit in both camps of exercise.
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Some are well into their eighties and others are still teens but it is a whole arena of mind growth that stretches the brain into a higher level of thought.
Conclusion
I Have not recommended any ways to stretch your mind or body leaving that to you to discover for yourself preferably with the aid of professional opinion. We all have different needs and it is not a one size fits all plan.
What is consistent is the need to stretch to obtain the most use out of your given abilities.
