In addition to regularly moving, reducing stress, and eating nutritious, whole foods, there’s another essential element to aging well: Flexibility.
A recent long-term study found that being more flexible was associated with living longer, even when factoring in age and health status. The study, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, used the Flexitest, which assesses flexibility across seven joints and 20 body movements. Researchers tested the flexibility of over 3,000 men and women aged 46 to 65 and followed up to see mortality rates after 13 years.
