Back Extensions: Part 93, Fitness for Older Adults

Happy #WellnessWednesday! Today, Episcopal Retirement Services Wellness Director Chloe Hough shows us Back Extensions, in our fitness series for older adults.

All you'll need is a squishy playground ball, a pillow or rolled-up towel, plus a sturdy chair without wheels, in which you'll sit.

These stretches ease tension in, and lengthen, the torso and spine. This helps ease the tension we accumulate as caregivers or in other parts of your life. We hope you enjoy, and de-stress!

Give it a try, and see what you think! Click here to see more exercise demonstrations.

Kristin Davenport

May 10, 2023

Kristin Davenport is the Director of Communications for Episcopal Retirement Services (ERS). Kristin leads ERS’s efforts to share stories that delight and inspire through social media, online content, annual reports, magazines, newsletters, public relations, and events. Kristin earned her BFA in graphic design from Wittenberg University. She joined ERS in 2014 after a 25-year career as a visual journalist and creative director with American City Business Journals. Her role at ERS has ignited her passion for making Cincinnati a dementia-inclusive city, and she spends time with residents as a SAIDO® Learning lead supporter. Kristin is the executive producer and co-host of the Linkage Podcast for ERS. Kristin and her husband Alex live in Lebanon, Ohio, with their two daughters. She also serves as a Trustee and the President of the Lebanon Food Pantry and is a board member for ArtScape Lebanon, where she teaches painting and has an art studio, Indium Art.

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