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Appropriate physical activities and exercises could offer many benefits for older adults, including improving or delaying the loss of physical function and movement and reducing the risk of fall-rated injuries.

Physical activity improves the quality of life and:
- Slows the physical changes due to aging
- Optimized body composition
- Supports mental and cognitive health
- Increases life span

Stretching is an essential part of a normal workout routine. It helps you maintain a normal range of motion and prevent muscles from shrinking up from lack of use.

When you suffer from lower back pain, proper stretching provides relief. It loosens and activates your tight muscles and helps resolve spasms.

However, not all back pain is the same. Even if you practice proper stretching and strengthen your core, the pain gets worse or just hangs around for weeks.

A physical therapist can help you to pinpoint the problem and design an individualized stretching and exercise program that targets specific muscles to relieve your pain. They also work with you to ensure you’re performing each lower back stretch and exercise correctly.

Headaches affect 47% of the world’s population. Most headaches are harmless and resolve on their own, although severe headaches that recur frequently can affect your ability to do your daily activities, and can reduce your quality of life.

The effective treatment for almost every type of headache is determining the type of headache, its cause, and in developing an appropriate treatment plan that will reduce both its frequency and intensity.

Physical therapists can help determine the type of headache you have, and are experts in managing pain from a variety of sources.