Shape Shifters

WANT TO MOVE FREELY AND EASILY FOR DECADES TO COME? MOBILITY PIONEERS JULIET AND KELLY STARRETT SHARE THE SEVEN TESTS YOU NEED TO DO NOWO

Over the past two decades, there has been a 58% increase in the number of centenarians in the UK. But would you want to live to 100 if the last few years of your life were spent with restricted mobility? Movement and fitness expert Juliet Starrett believes there’s no point in longevity without durability. ‘It’s about feeling good using our bodies as long as we’re alive, whatever that age is,’ she says. So, how do you maintain your body’s durability for years to come? Through mobility practice – a now-buzzy fitness term that Juliet and her husband, Kelly (a physiotherapist), pioneered nearly 20 years ago. ‘Mobility practice is about restoring and improving shapes and positions, which is the expression of your joint’s range of motion,’ explains Kelly. It’s about how far you can…

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Red UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023

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