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Flexibility · 12 min · most days
Older-Adult Gentle Mobility
Shorter holds (20–30s) and support for balance. Use a wall or chair as needed. Goal is maintaining everyday range and confident movement, not maximal flexibility.
Grade inherited from the evidence blocks this routine implements. Duration is a starting point (do more or less); the app just tells you where you land against the evidence-based dose.
- 1Standing Hamstring Stretch (Foot Elevated)hold 20–30s x 2 per sideFoot on a low step, hold support.
- 2Standing Calf Stretch (Gastrocnemius)hold 20–30s x 2 per sideHands on the wall for balance.
- 3Doorway Chest / Pec Stretchhold 20–30s x 2Gentle, upright posture.
- 4Cat-Cow (Spinal Flexion-Extension)6–8 slow cyclesOr seated if the floor is hard to access.
- 5Controlled Neck Rotations & Nods6–8 each directionSlow; stop with any dizziness.
- 6Ankle Dorsiflexion (Knee-to-Wall)hold 20–30s per sideSupports balance and gait.
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