Exercise tips for the elderly to maintain health in spring

　　healthy health care is elderly A topic of greater concern, but in addition to daily diet, the elderly should also pay attention to physical exercise. exercise . Consistent exercise can enhance physical fitness and improve disease resistance. So, what are some exercise tips to help the elderly maintain their health? Let’s take a look.

　　Exercise skills for the elderly

　　1. Shaking one’s head: Lower your head and neck, slowly swing to the left and right to the maximum limit, stretch your neck muscles as much as possible, and do a total of 36 times left and right.

　　2. Apply on face: Place your hands on your cheeks, place your index finger next to your nose, and then apply it on your face in a circular motion from bottom to top, from the inside out, 36 times. Inhale with your hands going up and exhale going down.

　　3. Rub the sun with your fingers: Extend the index fingers of both hands, press the nails of the ring finger and little finger with your thumbs, press the sword fingers on the temples on both sides of the head, and rub them clockwise and counterclockwise 36 times.

　　4. Rub your forehead with your palms: Use the palms and heels of both hands to rub the forehead upward 36 times.

　　5. Rolling eyes: With the eyes slightly closed, the eyeballs first rotate in a circle from left to right 36 times, and then in the opposite direction 36 times. This method is very effective in strengthening the eyes and training the flexibility of the eyes.

　　6. Finger tapping Baihui: Use the ten fingertips of both hands to moderately tap the top of the head from the center of the front hairline to the back of the neck, tapping 36 times.

　　7. Thenar nose rub: After rubbing the thenar muscles under the thumbs of both hands to heat, rub upward from the Yingxiang point next to the nose to the center of the eyebrows, and then rub downward back to the Yingxiang point, 36 times. This method has certain effects on preventing and treating influenza or rhinitis.

　　8. Rinse and swallow: Close your mouth and puff your cheeks as if you have water in your mouth, and then pump your cheeks 36 times as if gargling. The body fluid produced in your mouth is divided into three mouthfuls and slowly swallowed into the Dantian.

　　9. Knock on the teeth to strengthen the kidneys: Close your mouth slightly and tap your front and back teeth up and down 36 times. In addition, bite the front teeth when urinating, bite the back teeth when defecating, and keep your mouth shut. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that teeth are the spare parts of kidneys, so tapping the teeth every day can have the effect of strengthening the kidneys and teeth.

　　10. Condition neck muscles: First interlace your ten fingers and place them on the back of your neck. Use the heel of your palms to pinch the neck muscles and pull them upwards 36 times. Then, use the ten fingers of both hands to pinch the two large tendons (trapezius muscles) in the back of your neck and pinch them 36 times from top to bottom.

　　Elderly people need to exercise like this to maintain their health. Have you learned it?