Hello! I have been a doctor for 21 years. My name is Georgy Olegovich Sapego. This article will be another set of questions and answers.
Question: How well do leg swings help for pain in the hip joints?
Answer: Mahi never help with joint pain. Swinging in people regularly breaks and dislocates. But jerking and swinging movements are the easiest to do. Therefore, older people love all kinds of swing exercises. This creates the illusion that they control their hands and feet. This is actually harmful. It is better to move your arms and legs slowly but in a controlled manner. It's hard. But the effect will be predictable and dosed.
Question: I checked the strength of my legs, getting up from a chair for 2 minutes. How much do you need to stand up for "excellent" and how much for "good"?
Answer: Check once a month. It’s good when it’s not less in a month. Great - this is when in a month you can get up more. The number of repetitions itself does not matter.
Question: What are the numerical guidelines for exercise for people of age? Are there TRP norms for grandfather?
Answer: For "people of the age" there should be no numerical reference points. You need to build on your capabilities. What matters is the relative increase or decrease over time.
Question: Why can't blood pressure be measured on different parts of the arm or leg?
Answer: Because when we measure blood pressure as it should be on the shoulder, then in fact we do not measure blood pressure, but approximately guess it from Korotkov's tones. We can say that this is a convention that has been repeated over and over again for over a hundred years on millions of people. All results obtained over a hundred years are used to calculate the risks associated with high blood pressure. Myocardial infarctions, strokes and other complications of high blood pressure are tied precisely to the standard measurement on the shoulder. The results obtained when measuring blood pressure on other parts of the arms and legs differ from the standard, and statistics on these results are less accumulated. Therefore, it is more useful to measure standardly on the shoulder.
Question: What about intermittent fasting?
Answer: Intermittent fasting works, but not as powerful as expected. Plus, now they write something that teenagers shouldn't skip breakfast, it has a bad effect on appetite. And some people also feel sick in the morning if they didn't eat in the evening. But it is clear that if you do not eat for some time during the day, you can lose weight. Unless, of course, you eat large meals like sumo wrestlers. They eat 2 times a day, but do not lose weight.
Question: Is it possible to do squats for osteoarthritis of the knee joints?
Answer: You can do wall squats. You need to stand about 30 centimeters from the wall, lean your back against the wall and slide your back along it, bending your knees. The knees can be bent no more than 45 degrees, that is, the buttocks should always be higher than the knees. It shouldn't hurt badly. If pain appears after exercise, then it should not last more than 2 hours.
Question: Fresh vegetables are high in nitrates and pesticides. Are there too many of them in the frozen ones?
Answer: Frozen vegetables are almost indistinguishable from fresh ones. You should eat vegetables every day. It is advisable to eat several different fruits and vegetables every day. Previously, 5 servings were recommended, and now 7 servings per day. One serving is approximately 80 grams. This is one banana, orange or apple. Or three heaped tablespoons of chopped vegetables. Or 150 ml of fruit juice. People who eat a lot of vegetables and fruits are less likely to die of cancer. Maybe this plant food contains some pesticides, but the result is still good - people die less often.
Do you buy canned vegetables and frozen vegetables?
