Self-help for Elderly Individuals with Morning gymnastics “1000 movements” and “method 23+5”

Medical doctors have many patients with chronic health problems such as headache, balance issues, high blood pressure, leg, shoulder and back pain, etc. In such cases doctors are often in a quandary, should they start with medicaments therapy, send the patient to a specialist or wait for the pain to pass by itself. The duration of diagnosis should not exceed 1 month, but if a doctor decides to send a patient to the specialist it can take quite a long time to have a final diagnosis, and that could be very frustrating for the patient. In many cases, self-help gymnastics “1000 movements”, and “method 23+5”, can result in significant improvement of the health status. These methods have been applied to many patients with chronic health problems. The methods are based on the exercises which are understandable, simple and reasonable for everyone. The effect of exercises is multifaceted: improved blood flow to all parts of the body, relaxed musculoskeletal system, improved functioning of the organs, decreased chronic pain, and prevention of many diseases. In utilising one of the methods presented in this paper the patients becomes an active participant in selfhealing, starts to believe in themselves, and last but not least they save a lot of time and money which would be spent on medical treatments.