The lives of the elderly each have their own characteristics. Some love chess and cards, some love growing flowers, some love sports, and some love music. They are all different. What the author wants to say today is that the combination of movement and stillness should become a criterion for elderly life.
As people reach old age, various body functions begin to decline, and exercise is needed to strengthen body functions and slow down the rate of body aging.
Appropriate exercise can ensure that the body has strong energy and a good mental state; it can increase lung capacity, effectively improve lung function, and also improve heart function; it can also promote blood circulation in the body and promote metabolism. ; Exercise can promote gastrointestinal motility and reduce the occurrence of constipation; it can also improve the quality of sleep. Exercise is very important for the elderly and should be considered a part of life.
Most of the elderly in modern China are literate people who care about national affairs and have a wide range of hobbies, such as literature, music, art, chess and cards, calligraphy, etc. These are all useful hobbies. Most of them can cultivate one's character, provide spiritual nutrition, and are beneficial to the physical and mental health of the elderly.
No matter what their hobbies are, the elderly should abide by the rules of life that combine movement and stillness. Excessive exercise will harm the body; too much rest will cause the body's functions to decline rapidly, which is detrimental to health. If you lead a quiet lifestyle, do some physical activity after an hour or two to change your body state; if you are often in a dynamic state, change to a static activity after an hour or two to let your body A buffer. In this way, the principle of combining movement and stillness without harming the body is achieved.
Especially for activities that use your eyes in a static manner, you should change your hands and feet every half an hour to relieve the pressure on your eyes. So as not to hurt your eyes. Eyes are particularly important to the elderly. It's better to be deaf than blind. If the eyes are damaged, it will cause great difficulties in life and also bring great trouble to the children. Protecting eyesight is an important thing for the elderly.
If you usually like competitive sports, you must control the degree and don't get addicted to it and forget about it. The amount and duration of exercise should be controlled within an appropriate range. Don't forget to take breaks in time during exercise and combine movement with stillness. For example, in table tennis and badminton, a break should be set every half hour. Do not exercise emotionally.
If the elderly have a wide range of hobbies, they can intersperse activity and stillness every week, for example, they like literature, erhu, calligraphy, table tennis and travel. You can study on Monday, table tennis on Tuesday, practice erhu on Wednesday, table tennis on Thursday, calligraphy on Friday, and travel on Saturday and Sunday. You can also arrange several activities every day, for example, practice Erhu for an hour in the morning, read a book at noon, and play table tennis in the afternoon. In short, it is necessary to combine movement and stillness to not only keep fit but also nourish the mind, so as to achieve the purpose of physical and mental health.
In the elderly, the most avoidable harm to the body is ignorance, such as strenuous exercise, long-term exercise, for example, sitting in a chess and card room for a long time, and looking at mobile phones for a long time. These are all harmful to the body of the elderly. Only by adhering to the principle of combining movement and stillness is the way to maintain health for the elderly!