Meet Keo Capestany. He’s one of many 2022 Senior Planet Sponsored Athletes, and he’ll be posting updates on his well being & wellness journey via the remainder of this 12 months. At age 86, Keo preaches “the gospel of pumping iron.” In the present day, Keo is sharing a private story to indicate that even an octogenarian weightlifter can use just a little help to remain balanced and regular.
I’m 86 years previous. Many individuals have instructed me that I look youthful, which makes me very comfortable! Whereas I can nonetheless drive, I want to make use of public transportation as a lot as potential. Prior to now, regardless of driving buses and the sunshine rail a number of occasions every week, I used to be not often provided the seats reserved for seniors — a regrettable draw back of my “youthful” look. 5 years in the past, different individuals’s conduct towards me unexpectedly modified…
Utilizing a Cane
Round that point, I had two severe falls. Happily, since my bones have been sturdier than my widespread sense, the falls damage solely my dignity. I didn’t reveal the primary accident to my spouse, however I couldn’t disguise the second from her as a result of she witnessed it. I surrendered to her persistent insistence and, very reluctantly, I began utilizing a cane.
A person with a plan…
In my career as a courtroom interpreter, I’m well-known to the safety workers at a number of courthouses. To be able to disguise my “shameful” cane use from them, I bought a folding one which I may conceal in my backpack. I believed this was a superb stratagem!
The primary time that I executed my plan, as I approached the venerable edifice, I hid behind some bushes, folded the damning instrument, and deposited it within the backpack. With it securely out of sight, I entered the temple of justice. Nevertheless… the eager imaginative and prescient of the safety x-ray machine detected my deceit. The cane contains a pistol grip that on the display screen appeared like a menacing gun! To my public humiliation, the safety guard referred to as over an officer who searched my bag and ordered the offending object out. I then needed to reveal its non-lethal capabilities to his suspicious satisfaction.
Bodily and ethical help
Regardless of that preliminary inconvenience, after a couple of weeks of cane use, I grew to become conscious that moreover my cane being a potent reminder to concentrate to hazards like curbs and irregularities on sidewalks, it has additionally generated great uncomfortable side effects. Now, transit automobiles kneel to facilitate my boarding and exiting, and I’m persistently provided seating for my driving consolation. Once I strategy constructing entrances, doorways are held open for my comfort, and vehicles cease firmly as I enter crosswalks.
“Prevention is one of the best drugs.”
It is a pleasant admonition to my fellow elders: ready till you completely want to begin utilizing a cane may be very foolish. Prevention is one of the best drugs. Don’t be afraid to begin benefiting from the steadiness (and perks!) that include utilizing a cane.
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