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5 Senior Exercise Safety Tips

By Sharon O'Brien, About.com

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Senior Exercise Tip: Health issues to watch BEFORE you start exercising.

If you have not exercised regularly for awhile, it's important to make sure you begin with a safe senior exercise program.

Check with your doctor if you are experiencing any of the following:

  • A weakening in the wall of the heart's major outgoing blood vessel called an abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • A narrowing of one of the heart's valves called critical aortic stenosis joint swelling
  • Foot or ankle sores that won't heal
  • Persistent pain or problems walking after a fall. You might have a fracture and not know it.
  • Eye conditions such as bleeding in the retina or a detached retina. Also consult your doctor about safe senior exercise after a cataract removal or lens implant, or after laser treatment or other eye surgery.
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