Is It True That Exercise Could Accelerate Aging?

Is it true that exercise could accelerate the aging process?

Of course!

Exercise is ONLY healthy if your body is moving the way it was engineered to move.

Would you take your car for a 10 hour trip if your front end was out of alignment?’

NO!

Would you lift weights knowing that your form and technique could lead to stress and strain of your joints causing arthritis over time?

No!

So by telling your patients that you should exercise as a form of anti-aging medicine it seems right, theoretically.

However, if you have joint motions that are not consistent with the way the body is designed to move then you will have:

• Stress and Strain of Connective Tissue, Muscles, Joints and Bones

• Abnormal Wear of Delicate Cartilage Surface of Your Joints

• Micro-tears or Tears of the Connective Tissue, Ligaments, Tendons and Muscles

• Release of Inflammatory Chemicals

• Increased Inflammation can lead to Pain and Limited Activity

• Increased Inflammation is linked to an array of Diseases of Aging including Hardening of the Arteries, Heart Attack, Stroke, Fatigue, Loss of Spirit, Depression, Parkonsins Disease Alzheimers Disease, Diabetes etc

For a more comprehensive review of the effects of chronically high levels of inflammation please go to Video Tutorial #37 Aches, Pains, Allergies, Fatigue, Brain Fog, Diseases of Aging, have one common thread, INFLAMMATION

What causes abnormal movement patterns in exercise?

1. Weakness of the muscles which guide the movement

2. Poor form and technique or execution of the exercise

3. Locking or restriction of motion of the joints from abnormal protective spasms

4. Locking or restriction of motion of the joints from lack of joint play

5. Exercising beyond fatigue where muscles are so depleted in strength that proper form is broken

Lever Mechanisms

There are lever mechanisms in the body that lift such as when you do a bicep curl.

Spring Mechanisms

There are spring mechanisms in the body which spring the mass off the ground such as when you are landing your foot in walking, running or performance of sports.

We are talking about spring mechanisms in this post.

Put simply, when you view the body as a giant spring, you understand that the spring mechanism protects you from impacts with the earth during walking, running or performance of sports and leisure activity.  Any weakness or locking of this protective, recycling mechanism can possibly lead to abnormal movement patterns during exercise causing an acceleration of the aging process.

We get improvements in circulation, ligament, tendon, and muscle strength in some areas but is it a healthy increase in strength that balances the supportive elements to allow for healthy stress and strain free motion?

That is the big question!

On average we take between 5000 and 15000 steps per day which at 10,000 steps adds up to of over 3,650,000 collisions with the earth per year or over 100 million collisions or impacts by your thirtieth birthday.

That is a lot of impacts!

When your doctor or trainer tells you to do more walking they are telling you to impact the earth more with your body.

Is your body’s spring mechanics strong enough to absorb impacts without causing abnormal movements?

That is important to know!

Do you need a support to be able to absorb these impacts?

Is your body’s spring suspension system strong enough to absorb these impacts without a artificial spring or cushion or do you need a shoe?

If you can walk, run or perform sports barefoot without any weakness leading to abnormal impacts causing abnormal movement patterns then you are set to exercise with less fear of actually aging.

If you need a cushioned shoe or orthotic to do these exercises then what the doctor is saying is that your spring mechanism has lost its ability to absorb these impacts safely without a protective supportive device assisting.

Did you ever think that when you cannot walk without a cane that you have lost the ability to do something you could do before?

Do I think that if you are unable to perform simple acts of walking and running without a protective and supported shoe a sign of weakness in the body?

Of course!

If you cannot do something that you used to be able to do as a child then you are losing your ability and that is the first sign of aging.

Is it abnormal aging?

If a 50 year old man’s body mechanics are strong and healthy enough to run barefoot on the worlds hardest surface without abnormal stress and strain leading to inflammation and or pain and you cannot then who is aging faster?

What aging do you want to compare yourself to?

What is normal aging?

Read the rest of this article here:  The Exercise Your Doing Could Be Aging You Faster!