2023-10-17 05:27:43
There are frequent incidents of elders falling down, ranging from skin and flesh injuries to serious tragedies when their heads hit the ground! As we age, skeletal muscle is lost. If there is no immediate prevention, sarcopenia is likely to occur. In particular, thigh muscle strength decreases by 10% to 15% every ten years starting from the age of 40. However, muscle loss is actually “not” irreversible. How to conduct preventive training and focus on the truth to show you!
An 80-year-old man was rescued by breaking the door lock. An elderly man living alone who fell late at night often saved his life from death. There was even a woman who fell and gas leaked out, and she was trapped in a fire scene, which was full of dangers. There are frequent falls among the elderly, ranging from skin and flesh injuries to serious tragedies when the head and neck fall on the ground. This is closely related to muscle loss! Ke Pingxin, director of the Department of Rehabilitation at Taiwan Adventist Hospital: “It is related to many disabilities. When muscles are reduced and mobility is reduced, the biggest concern is indeed the fear of falling, which may lead to subsequent wide joint fractures.”
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As age increases, skeletal muscle mass is lost year by year, and thigh muscle strength decreases by 10% to 15% every ten years, and the situation worsens year by year. By the age of 70, thigh muscle strength will decrease by 25% to 40%. According to statistics, falls account for 21% of accidental deaths in the country. One-sixth of elderly people over 65 years old have fallen in the past year. What is most easily overlooked is the loss of muscle strength in middle-aged and elderly people. May also affect cardiopulmonary health. Ke Pingxin, director of the Department of Rehabilitation at Taiwan Adventist Hospital: “When you lose muscle mass, you may become less able to cough and clear phlegm, for example. When an elderly person catches a cold, it may make subsequent pneumonia more difficult to treat.”
Stepping forward on the treadmill, even though his heart rate was already 130, he still didn’t blush or breath. He is Liang Xianming, 69 years old. A bathroom accident 10 years ago shocked him to the hidden dangers of muscle loss. Liang Xianming, a student at the gym: “In the past, maybe because I was fat, I suddenly felt dizzy, and I fell down like this, because sometimes I felt dizzy when I squatted down.” Now, weight training is Liang Xianming’s main exercise. Whether it’s the leg press to train the lower body or the rope pulley to strengthen the back muscles, it’s all a piece of cake. Not long ago, he and his friends challenged Yushan in the early morning, rushing to the top before dawn to enjoy the sunrise, as if they might not see the traces of time.
Gym coach Moore: “On the contrary, older people need to improve their muscle endurance so that their knees and legs are in better physical condition. This can prevent falls or injuries. Usually muscles will be lost. Because I don’t move it, I don’t use it as much, so my body will metabolize it, so if I keep exercising today, it should slow down the loss or increase it.”
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Occupational therapist Chen Zhaorong of New Taipei City United Hospital said: “It gets better and then gets up slowly. You need to feel your stomach and back muscles to work once more.”
Sarcopenia is a life problem that middle-aged and middle-aged people must face. Many local medical institutions offer free muscle strength courses for young adults, using equipment to rescue muscle loss. Citizen JEN: “Before, my physical strength became worse. It was difficult to lift things and I felt tired easily. After I came here twice a week, I found that my energy has increased.”
Experts suggest that muscle strength training combined with dietary guidelines can significantly improve muscle strength loss. As health concepts keep pace with the times, sarcopenia is no longer an irreversible invisible killer in an aging society.
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