Start your day right: 5 easy seated stretches for seniors

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Exercise keeps the body healthy and reduces the severity of age-related diseases. Try these 5 gentle seated stretches every morning to improve flexibility and strength.

Toe Taps: Lift your heels while seated to stretch your shins and improve lower leg strength.

Knee Lifts: Raise each leg slightly off the seat, hold for 3 seconds, and repeat for 8–12 reps.

Seated Knee to Chest: Pull your knee gently toward your chest. Hold for 10–30 seconds. Alternate legs.

Overhead Side Stretch: Lock your fingers, lift arms overhead, and lean sideways for a deep waist stretch.

Core Twists: Hold a ball at chest level. Rotate your torso right, center, then left. Repeat 5–8 times.

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Start your day right: 5 easy seated stretches for seniors

Exercise keeps the body healthy and reduces the severity of age-related diseases. Try these 5 gentle seated stretches every morning to improve flexibility and strength.

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Toe Taps: Lift your heels while seated to stretch your shins and improve lower leg strength.

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Knee Lifts: Raise each leg slightly off the seat, hold for 3 seconds, and repeat for 8–12 reps.

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Seated Knee to Chest: Pull your knee gently toward your chest. Hold for 10–30 seconds. Alternate legs.

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Overhead Side Stretch: Lock your fingers, lift arms overhead, and lean sideways for a deep waist stretch.

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Core Twists: Hold a ball at chest level. Rotate your torso right, center, then left. Repeat 5–8 times.

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