Collect it now! Stretching like this can extend your life by 10 years

There is a saying that goes, "If your tendons grow an inch longer, your life will be extended by ten years." This means that healthy muscles and bones can enhance the body's immunity, thus achieving the effect of prolonging life. Although this statement is exaggerated, the importance of tendons to health is self-evident. The Yi Jin Jing, a traditional Chinese Qigong for health preservation, does have a discussion on tendons and health: "Weak tendons lead to slackness, strong tendons lead to strength, and harmonious tendons lead to health."

Traditional Chinese medicine calls a person’s skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and veins the “five bodies.” The soft tissue mentioned in modern medicine is similar to the category of tendons. Whether it is traditional Chinese health-preserving Qigong such as Yi Jin Jing, Wu Qin Xi, Ba Duan Jin, Tai Chi, or modern gymnastics, aerobics, or even the popular yoga today, there are many stretching and fitness steps.

Why not do a self-check first: Does your back ache when you bend over? Is squatting smooth? When walking, do you feel radiating pulling pain in the tendons in the heel area? When walking with others, do you ever feel like your steps are always too slow? If you have the above problems, you may have "muscle atrophy", which means your tendons lack elasticity. Especially those who like to travel by car and sit all day without exercising should pay more attention. If you rule out other diseases as the possible causes of the above problems, you should try stretching exercises. This helps maintain the vitality of the tendons and the health of the tendons and veins, thereby improving physical fitness and prolonging life.

The "stretching" exercise does not require a very high venue. Here are two relatively simple "stretching" exercise methods recommended to you: The first is the "Palm Supporting the Sky Gate" in the third posture of "Yi Jin Jing": Stand with your feet apart, toes on the ground, heels lifted; raise both hands above your head, palms facing up, with middle fingers 3 cm apart; lower your shoulders and bend your elbows, raise your head, and look at the back of your palms. Lick the upper palate with your tongue and breathe evenly through your nose. When inhaling, use your hidden strength to lift your hands up as hard as you can, and push your legs down at the same time; when exhaling, relax your whole body and turn your palms forward and downward. When finishing the posture, turn the palms into fists with the backs of the fists facing forward, and use the upper limbs to slowly bring the fists to the waist, with the palms facing up and the heels on the ground. Repeat 8 to 20 times. The second method is to use the door frame of your own home, raise your hands, hold the door frames on both sides, and stretch your arms as much as possible; stand in a lunge with one foot in front and the other foot behind, with your legs stretched as straight as possible; your body should be parallel to the door frame, your head upright, and your eyes looking straight forward; stand in this position for 3 minutes, then switch legs and stand in a lunge for 3 minutes.

It should be noted that people with high blood pressure, heart disease, osteoporosis, chronic physical weakness, or those who have just recovered from a serious illness must follow their doctor's advice and should not do this type of exercise without authorization to avoid counterproductive results.