Senior Fitness Walking for Fun Program PTSue
Walking for Fun Program
Description:... This program is for clients who want to improve cardiovascular endurance; want to improve stride length and step height; and want to walk greater distances. The specific benefits of this program include: increase cardiovascular endurance; increase circulation and digestion; increase resting heart rate and blood pressure; increase muscle tone and bone strength; increase functional performance and activities of daily living; increase strength, endurance, and balance; controls weight; improves sleep patterns; improves a feeling of well-being. The package includes: warm up exercises; text of exercises; cool down exercises; safety tips; benefits; frequency guidelines; and equipment needed.Dear Seniors,I have always loved working with seniors right from the beginning of my professional career as a physical therapist 42 years ago and I have been teaching seniors how to move ever since.. I graduated from USC with a Bachelors in Physical Therapy and then went back to USC for my Masters in Physical Therapy. However, my real education started in the clinical setting. I love the courage, spirit, tenacity, and independence of the senior nature, and your commitment to improve once facing a health problem. I think the very difficult times that you have lived through taught you something that no school could teach - how to fight and survive, even sometimes when you do not want to fight.Seniors just want one thing: to stay healthy in order to stay independent. When a health crisis does come, there is no other group of people who work as hard as seniors just to get better. Along the way I always hear a joke or a story, get a smile, and watch the senior encourage their fellow senior to keep working harder.Thank you for coming along on this journey. Let's get started!PT Sue
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