Chronic disease impacts almost 90% of Americans over 65 years of age (the most expansive portion of our population), and is a significant cause of distress for those younger, as well. Fortunately, and as foundationajly developed, Healthy Steps minimizes the risk of complications associated with exercise and Chronic Illnesses.

Chronic disease is classified as an infirmary lasting more than 3 months that cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medications or surgery, nor do they disappear. Chronic disease can often be controlled but not cured!

Chronic diseases are associated with persistent and unremitting symptoms dependent on their etiology (cause), including, but not certainly limited to fatigue, wheezing, pain, coordination issues, and edema of all types. It can be associated with any bodily component: skeletal, body fluid and organ; it is categorized as a disease, disorder or injury and may be single system or multi-system based; it may be stable, worsening or improving but never resolving.

Medical literature has demonstrated that appropriate exercise programs, such as in Healthy Steps, aides not only in the treatment of Chronic Illnesses, but on its prevention. Such programs can significantly impact the risk for cancer, cardiovascular disease and hypertension, pulmonary disease, arthritis and developmental skeletal disorders, fluid disorders, diseases of unknown etiology, obesity, and diabetes.

Appropriate exercise, as modeled in the Healthy Steps Program, is associated with conditioned aerobics; warm up and cool down activities, movements that are associated with passive stretch, stabilized flow, slow and steady activities; tone based exercises, structured rest conditions and avoidance of trauma and avoidance of overuse conditions.

In summary, Chronic Illnesses are becoming so frequent that it is changing our population pool for all exercise programs. Appropriate exercise for this population is critical both for prevention and treatment and Healthy Steps is such an appropriate program for all Chronic Illness patients

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