[May Health Topic] Introducing recreational activities for seniors!

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Senior Brain-Training Exercises: Ball-Based Recreation for Preventive Care

Recreational activities that use soft, lightweight balls are recommended for older adults.

Throwing and catching the ball engages various physical and sensory abilities such as muscle strength, grip strength, and dynamic visual acuity.

Simply touching a ball that can roll or be squeezed is also enjoyable for its tactile feel.

This is said to have beneficial effects on the brain as well.

There are ball-based activities that can be done while seated in a chair, making them accessible to many seniors.

Have the participants sit in a circle and pass the ball forward and backward.

If someone can stand steadily, have them walk to the side and hand the ball to the person next to them.

This helps improve core balance.

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Ball-Picking Game

This is so fun! A ball-picking game ⚾️ #seniors #recreation #ballgames #dayservice #shorts

When May comes, the weather becomes milder and there are many pleasantly warm days, don’t you think? It’s also a time when it’s easier to move your body, so how about enjoying a simple game? Let me introduce a ball-collecting game that uses lots of balls.

For older adults seated in chairs, roll many balls across a table.

The older adults seated with a container pick up the balls as they roll toward them.

Because it can be done while sitting, people who have difficulty standing or those who use wheelchairs can also take part.

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Pelvic floor exercises while lying down

Prevent urinary leakage! Pelvic floor muscle exercises (lying down 1)

Here’s an easy pelvic floor exercise you can do while lying down.

All you need is a single towel—that’s it.

First, lie on your back and bend both knees.

Place a folded towel between your knees.

Keep your knees firmly together so the towel doesn’t fall.

Squeeze as if tightening your anus, slowly lift your hips while exhaling.

When lowering your hips, relax and inhale.

Just repeat this movement.

Even a little every day is important—consistency matters.

If you feel any pain in your lower back, don’t push yourself; do it at your own pace.

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Urinary incontinence prevention exercises

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This time, we’ll introduce exercises that are effective for preventing urinary incontinence.

The most common type is stress urinary incontinence, which occurs when you sneeze or move your body.

It’s often caused by looseness in the muscles that tighten the urethra, so focus on your lower abdomen as you perform the exercises.

Do deep breathing with the image of moving your belly.

Also stretch the muscles at the front of your thighs (the groin area) and the back of your legs.

When doing the exercise where you squeeze both hands between your knees, imagining that you’re holding in urine makes it more effective.

Consistency is important, so try to do a little every day.

Let’s change one character with a spring-themed prompt.

[Fun Brain Activation] Let’s Change One Letter! [Whiteboard Brain Training]

It’s a game where you change just one character in a word written in hiragana to make a different word, and see how far you can keep the chain going.

If you limit the category of words you can use, the difficulty becomes too high, so starting with words that evoke spring is recommended.

Since the flow involves searching your memory for words that fit, it really tests how many words you know and how well you can retrieve them.

The difficulty also changes depending on the starting word’s length, so try various patterns to train your brain.

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