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Dr. Howard Luks didn\u2019t think much about agility \u2014 the ability to move quickly while changing speed and direction \u2014 until movements that used to come easily became more challenging.<\/p>\n

Dr. Luks, 61, works as an orthopedic surgeon and is an avid trail runner and climber. During his outdoor workouts, he began to struggle with side-to-side motion on a rock wall and had lost confidence in his footing on rocky trails. He also noticed he was tripping more on things like the edge of a rug.<\/p>\n

Dr. Luks regularly treats injuries from trips and falls, like broken or sprained wrists, rotator cuff tears and Achilles tears. Those patients might have avoided their visit to his clinic, he said, if they had trained to maintain their agility. He didn\u2019t want to end up in the same place.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy strength training used to involve the usual moves, like squats and curls,\u201d Dr. Luks said, \u201cbut I started to work on agility so that I could peel back age-related changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Like balance<\/a>, power<\/a> and mobility,<\/a> your agility generally decreases with age unless you train it regularly. The key to a good agility program is exercises that quickly change direction, said Milica McDowell, a physical therapist in Montana.<\/p>\n

Getting into a regular habit of agility training can help you avoid a fall<\/a> as well as improve your mental acuity<\/a>. If you play sports like pickleball, soccer or basketball, agility can help you quickly stop and start, especially when moving laterally or pivoting.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Howard Luks didn\u2019t think much about agility \u2014 the ability to move quickly while changing speed and direction \u2014 until movements that used to come easily became more challenging.Dr. Luks, 61, works as an orthopedic surgeon and is an avid trail runner and climber. During his outdoor workouts, he began to struggle with side-to-side motion on a rock wall and had lost confidence in his footing on rocky trails. He also noticed he was tripping more on things like the edge of a rug.Dr. Luks regularly treats injuries from trips and falls, like broken or sprained wrists, rotator cuff tears and Achilles tears. Those patients might have avoided their visit to his clinic, he said, if they had trained to maintain their agility. He didn\u2019t want to end up in the same place.\u201cMy strength training used to involve the usual moves, like squats and curls,\u201d Dr. Luks said, \u201cbut I started to work on agility so that I could peel back age-related changes.\u201dLike balance, power and mobility, your agility generally decreases with age unless you train it regularly. The key to a good agility program is exercises that quickly change direction, said Milica McDowell, a physical therapist in Montana.Getting into a regular habit of agility training can help you avoid a fall as well as improve your mental acuity. If you play sports like pickleball, soccer or basketball, agility can help you quickly stop and start, especially when moving laterally or pivoting.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25393,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25391"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25394,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25391\/revisions\/25394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}