Moving for Health Wellness

Learn simple, practical exercises to improve your mobility

Laura Surman, FIS, OAS, Program Coordinator at Active Adult Centre of Mississauga, promoted
practicing regular exercises in our daily life. She shared the benefits are: better sleep, stronger
bones and muscles, more energy, chance to socialize, weight control, improves memory, makes
moving easier and less painful.

She discussed and demonstrated the following exercises:
1. Types of movement
2. Easy Warm-up
3. Leg Workout
4. Seated Ab Work
5. Ankle Work
6. Seated spine stretch
7. Sciatica stretch
8. Tibialis & Quad stretch
9. Calf & Hamstrings
10. Big Back Five

Here are handouts detailing exercises: