Pyeongtaek Health Center Recruiting Participants for Frail Elderly Muscle Strengthening Program

Pyeongtaek City in Gyeonggi Province is operating the 'Frailty Elderly Muscle Strengthening Program' to prevent frailty in elderly people experiencing muscle loss due to lack of physical activity.

Participants in the frail elderly muscle strengthening program at Pyeongtaek Public Health Center are exercising using small equipment.
[Photo by Pyeongtaek City]

This program, run by the Pyeongtaek Public Health Center, will include 20 citizens under the age of 70. The program will be conducted every Friday for 8 weeks from the 11th of this month to the 29th of next month. Participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Those interested in applying should contact the Chronic Disease Team at the Pyeongtaek Public Health Center.

The program consists of ▲upper and lower body stability enhancement ▲upper and lower body muscle strengthening ▲back and waist stability enhancement ▲whole body stability enhancement ▲whole body muscle strengthening.

A representative from the Pyeongtaek Public Health Center stated, "This muscle strengthening program will help prevent musculoskeletal disorders and falls among frail elderly individuals."

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