Just Because You Are Older Doesn't Mean You Have to Give Up Sport

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Advocacy for physical activity across the lifespan is a priority in the mission statement of the American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation (AAPAR). As a large segment of the United States population ages, it is even more important to create opportunities for Americans to stay active. As an aging professional among the AAPAR ranks, I feel the need to remind others that advocating for opportunities is not only needed, it will affect each of us. We are all aging. We become more aware of this reality when we realize that we just cannot do what we used to be able to do. Because physical function is so central to our lives, our management of it and our attitude toward it also changes as we age. Thanks to modern science, we now know much more about the aging process, and consequently many individuals are living a longer, more productive life. We also know that age alone need not …