Tired, aching joints are a natural part of the aging process, but there’s plenty you can do to stay agile and active for longer.
Getting older shouldn’t stop you living life to the full, but your joints can have other ideas.
As you age, joints can become stiffer, eventually needing more special nutrients than can be produced by the body.
WHY JOINTS BECOME 'RUSTY'
Healthy joints are made up of cartilage and other connective tissue, including ligaments and tendons.
As you age, cartilage begins to break down faster as a result of normal wear and tear and the body’s reduced ability to produce glucosamine sulphate and chondroitin sulphate – major components of cartilage and other connective tissue.
This, combined with a slower absorption rate of chondroitin, leads to flexibility and mobility problems.
SUPPLEMENTS CAN HELP
Studies show nutritional supplements containing glucosamine may assist the regeneration of cartilage and support joint mobility.
Nutra-Life Joint Care capsules contain high levels of glucosamine sulfate, and chondroitin sulfate, to help draw water to the joints and keep them lubricated.
BENEFITS OF NUTRA-LIFE JOINT CARE
- Helps support mobility
- Helps maintain healthy cartilage
- Is scientifically-based
- Is easy to swallow.
TWO CAPSULES DAILY
Just two easy-to-swallow capsules taken daily can support mobility and help maintain healthy joints.
Nutra-Life Joint Care is New Zealand’s leading joint support formula* used by sportspeople and others concerned with freedom of movement.
THE ROLE OF EXERCISE
You can help take pressure off joints by strengthening the muscles, tendons and ligaments surrounding them.
Here’s just a couple of the exercises recommended by Readers’ Digest Health Solutions: aim for 30 repetitions in one session.
TO INCREASE KNEE STRENGTH & FUNCTION
- Lie on your back with one leg bent and the other lying flat on the floor.
- Flex the foot of the flat leg (ie. point your toes backwards towards your head), tighten your knee so the leg is straight, then lift that leg until your foot is 60cm off the floor.
- Count slowly to five, then lower the leg slowly, touching the floor with your calf first.
- Repeat with other leg.
TO SUPPORT THE NECK
- Look straight ahead with your chin slightly dropped.
- As you continue staring straight ahead, lower your head sideways so that your ear moves towards your shoulder (don’t lift your shoulder towards your ear).
- Bend your head to the other side and do the same.
FOR A STRONG, SUPPLE BACK
- Sit with legs crossed and hold your feet with your hands.
- Slowly lean forward, moving your face towards the floor.
Source: Reader’s Digest, Health Solutions, 2006, ISBN 1 876689 99 4. |
*Aztec Scan Data, Nat Pharmacy, Dollar Share, MAT 25/11/07. Two Nutra-Life Joint Care capsules contain 1500mg glucosamine sulfate complex, 500mg chondroitin sulfate, and support nutrients including copper, manganese, zinc and selenium. Always read the label. Use strictly as directed and if symptoms persist, consult a healthcare professional. If you are pregnant or lactating or on prescribed medicines, consult your doctor before using these products. Derived from seafood and not recommended if you have an allergy to seafood. Use only as directed. Nutra-Life, Auckland. TAPS SMC2267. DA714.
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