Simple and Manageable Exercises for Aging Parents

My mom is recovering from a fall 6 weeks ago. She was in hospital for 2 weeks and back to my apartment until now. We could not apply the typical exercise patterns to the aging parents and yet they need physical exercises to regain strength to be back to complete independent living. Soon or later, they'll need some help and assistance, but put that off as long as you can since it is good for them and good for us children.

I was forced to innovate and here are some good five easy and manageable exercises to strengthen the muscle tone and keep in shape. It works on different part of muscles.





Lift up your legs and stretch them onto the walker.













Move the walker up and down gently to get the arms and wrists in shape.












Bend at the waist so that your head touches the walker. Get the torso and waist to work.

















Hold onto the walker as you stand up from the chair and then sit back down smoothly.











This last exercise is the most common. Walk around to get into shape and to build up your strength in general.