Actively befriending youth

After 40 years of life, almost every one of us has to watch how the face loses its smoothness and shine and wrinkles and swelling appear on it.

Some in this situation resort to the services of cosmetologists or do their own makeup, some turn to psychological practices in order to “accept themselves as not young”... There is another way that allows you to look and be younger than your years, while maintaining a cheerful spirit.

This way is to actively befriend youth: maintain physical activity, ensuring the health and strength of muscles and joints, elasticity of blood vessels, as well as freshness of the skin, which is perfectly facilitated by massage.

Exercises for joints and ligaments

Regular exercises for joints and ligaments help maintain their flexibility and mobility, which becomes especially important with age. Here are some exercises that can be useful:

1. Warm-up. Before starting any physical activity, it is important to stretch the joints and ligaments. These can be turns and tilts of the head, arms and torso.
2. Stretching. Stretching exercises help improve the flexibility of joints and ligaments, strength and balance. For example, bending forward and to the sides to stretch the spine or stretching the shoulder joints - leisurely circular movements with your arms, straight or bent at the elbows and touching your shoulders with your fingers.
3. Exercises with your own weight. Squats against a wall, toe raises, push-ups from the floor or from the wall, plank - these exercises help strengthen the muscles that support the joints, including the spine.
4. Walking and light jogging. These types of physical activity help maintain the health of joints and ligaments, improve blood circulation, nutrition of organs and skin and overall well-being. In particular, a useful type of walking is Nordic walking.
5. Exercises for the hands and fingers. For example, clenching and unclenching your fists or rotating your hands help maintain the health of your hands and fingers, while rotating your feet and clenching and unclenching your toes help keep your legs healthy and young.
6. Swimming. Swimming helps improve blood circulation, strengthen your muscles, and maintain joint flexibility. It helps improve the condition of your skin by improving blood circulation. It’s okay if you cannot swim: firstly, it is a reason to learn, and secondly, if you do not have the desire or opportunity, you can just stay in shallow water.

Remember that before you start doing a set of exercises, you should check your health and consult a doctor who will suggest the most suitable exercises.

Measures for skin elasticity

In addition to physical activity, it is important to pay attention to skin care. Here are some measures that will help improve the condition of your skin:

1. Face building. Special facial exercises help strengthen muscles, improve blood circulation, and tighten the oval of the face, which can help get rid of jowls, a double chin, and wrinkles. For example, you can do exercises to tighten your cheeks or forehead.
2. Facial massage. Regular facial massage helps improve blood circulation, reduce swelling, and improve skin elasticity. You can use special massagers or simply massage your face with your fingers.

In addition to physical activity and skin care, it is important to lead a healthy lifestyle in general. This includes proper nutrition, sufficient sleep, giving up bad habits, and stress management. All this together will help each of us maintain youth and health for many years.

To be continued…

Yulia Zachesova

As-Salam writer