In 1900 the average life span was 49 years old. We didn’t have the kind of cures and we didn’t provide the kind of health care that we provide today. Everybody’s chances of living a long healthy life were much less back then. As a matter of fact, the average life span today is 77.6 years and growing! In a recent study, Scientists from the University of Texas reported on the Today Show that by the year 2050 there will be over 800,000 Americans over the age of 100 and many will be living to 150! The biggest problem we have seen come about with the increase in our life span is the increase in muskuloskeletal problems. In other words, your MOBILITY function… the ability to move around like we used to.
The most common cause of functional disabilities in persons over 50 years of age is SPINAL DISORDERS! We have increased the odds of our living past 80 and we have increased our life’s activities but we have not changed the way we take care of our spine. As evidenced by this recent article and especially the last sentence, lack of mobility can change the way you feel about life. By ASSOCIATED PRESS May 10, 2018 (LIESTAL, Switzerland) — A right-to-die group says 104-year-old Australian biologist David Goodall has ended his life in Switzerland. Philipp Nitschke, director of Exit International, said Goodall was declared dead at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Goodall had traveled to Switzerland to take advantage of the country’s assisted-suicide laws. The British-born scientist, described by Exit International as its first member, said this week that he had been contemplating the idea of suicide for about 20 years, but only started thinking about it for himself after his quality of life deteriorated over the last year. He cited a lack of mobility, doctor’s restrictions and an Australian law prohibiting him from taking his own life among his complaints, but he was not ill. Sadly, David’s sweatshirt reads “Ageing Disgracefully”. Let’s break this chain! Call for an appointment with Dr. Collin at The Wellness Center of Boise to see how he can impact your mobility scale. The PURPOSE of his life is to CHANGE your life to a LONG LIFE OF MOBILITY.
