June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. Dementia is a brain condition that affects parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language, and Alzheimer’s disease is the most common...
Exercise & Your Brain
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May – Mental Health Awareness Month & Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and May 16th, 2022 is Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day. It is a great time to bring this issue to the forefront. It is often swept under the rug because...
All Over Strong: Mental Health
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Mental health is just as important as physical health! Mental health is a topic many do not like to discuss. For some, it is looked at as weakness; others feel it is a faux paus to discuss. There is...
All Over Strong: Heart Health
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Our heart health is vitally important to our overall health, of course. Our heart is a muscle which pumps blood to the entire body, like an engine, keeping the body going. So if our heart is not...
All Over Strong: Brain Health
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Strengthening your body is so important. But along with the body, the brain needs to be strengthened as well. So what are some ways we can strengthen the brain? Mayo Clinic gives five ways to keep...
All Over Strong: Muscle Health
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Our muscle health is so important, but it is easy to overlook because there are so many other parts of the body that are discussed more. Sarcopenia, or the decline of skeletal muscle tissue with age...
All Over Strong: Bone Health
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Our bone health is of vital importance, especially as we age. According to the Mayo Clinic, “Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and brittle — so brittle that a fall or even mild stresses such...
All Over Strong: Falls Prevention
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Falls have become epidemic in the world, and in America falls are now the leading cause of death due to injury for those over 65 years of age. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)...
All Over Strong: Sleep Habits
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No matter the age, sleep is so vital to our health. A common belief is that as we age we need less sleep. That is a myth, as seniors need seven to nine hours of sleep on average per night. As we age...
All Over Strong: Eating Right
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Eating right is important at any age, maybe even more so as we get older. Eating right will keep you feeling good, sharpen your mind, help you live longer, and stay strong. A healthy diet is one...