What dance is suitable for the elderly?

Aerobics, rice-planting songs, social dancing, warm-up exercises are more suitable for the elderly.

Dancing is a wonderful enjoyment and a healthy exercise. But the elderly dance according to their own physiological characteristics, pay attention to the following problems.

1. Elderly people should not dance in crowded places. They should choose a dance floor with good air circulation and fewer people.

2. Should not dance too strenuous dance. The elderly cardiovascular elasticity is poor, dancing wildly can make the sympathetic nerves overexcited, resulting in increased breathing, heartbeat, blood pressure suddenly rise, can induce or exacerbate cardiovascular disease.

3. It is not advisable to dance on a full stomach. Elderly people have poor digestive function, dancing on a full stomach will affect the digestive function, leading to the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases.

4. It is not advisable to cool down suddenly. Dancing may make the body sweat, thirst, at this time, the elderly do not feel free to take off their clothes, in order to prevent colds, triggering other diseases; also do not drink too much cold drinks, so as not to cause respiratory diseases due to the stimulation of low temperature.

5. Do not dance after drinking. Alcohol can stimulate the brain, make the heart beat faster, blood vessel expansion, after drinking dance induced angina pectoris and cerebrovascular accidents.

6. Do not wear hard-soled shoes. The floor of the dance floor is smooth, the elderly wearing hard-soled shoes dancing is easy to slip and fall, beware of sprains or fractures. In addition, hard-soled shoes have poor elasticity, and the ground reaction force is also large, which is detrimental to the calf tendons and joint tissues.

7. Do not dance if you are sick. For those who suffer from cardiovascular disease, dancing easily lead to increased blood pressure, cardiovascular disease; hernia, gastroptosis, prolapse may be exacerbated by dancing symptoms; suffer from auricular vertigo, cervical vertebrae syndrome and other dizziness of older people, often prone to fall, serious fractures; suffer from infectious diseases of older people do not dance, so as to avoid infecting other people, and at the same time, affecting the recovery of their own.