This week’s podcast is all about the beautiful sport of golf. Specifically Dr. Gorman and Dr. Bennett will be talking about how to stay injury free and, if you are injured, how to successfully return to the course.

Although the average age of a golfer in the United States is 54 years old, you will learn tips to keep you healthy and golfing until you are 100!

“Age is just a number.” In this episode, Dr. Michael Gorman and Dr. Lauren Bennett discuss the effects of aging at the biological and cellular level and how it affects the body’s function. 

You will understand the difference between chronological age vs. functional age. You will also learn the normal effects of aging on the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, neurological, and integumentary systems. 

While aging happens naturally, there are healthy habits to achieve an active lifestyle.

Have you ever experienced muscle soreness after a workout? In this episode, Dr. Michael Gorman and Dr. Lauren Bennett will discuss the benefits of exercise, physiology of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), and tips for prevention of soreness after a workout. 

You will also learn how to distinguish between muscle soreness and pain.

DOMS occurs 12-24 hours following a workout and typically diminishes within 1-3 days. When exercising correctly, DOMS is unharmful and can be desirable to achieve the benefits of strength training.

In this episode, Dr. Gorman and Dr. Bennett will be discussing how to begin an exercise program if you have osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis affects 350 million people worldwide (1 in 5 adults!). The economic cost of arthritis annually is $128 billion.

With something this prevalent in our society, we must be smart about what exercises to perform, how often to perform the exercises, and how intense to perform the exercises! There are many factors to consider and this episode will educate you on many healthy habits to safely get started on the right track!

In this podcast episode, Dr. Gorman and Dr. Bennett will be discussing safe and effective ways to exercise as you age!

They will provide information on exercise prescription directly from the American College of Sports Medicine.

The 4 categories of exercise will be explored during this podcast...

1. Aerobic

2. Flexibility

3. Resistance Training

4. Neuromotor

Get to meet your hosts, Physical Therapists Dr. Michael Gorman and Dr. Lauren Bennett, of the Healthy Habits for Active Aging Podcast!

Our main purpose of this podcast is to provide education to the Aging Adult to promote healthy longevity. Every week we will be providing valuable information on all topics involving the Aging Adult. We welcome feedback from our community and suggestions for future topics.

Contact Dr. Gorman and Dr. Bennett at [email protected]