Trouble getting up out of chairs and difficulty walking

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Your healthy 90-year-old uncle complains that he cannot get around the way he used to. He has trouble getting up out of chairs and difficulty walking, stumbling as he walks across the room when he does get up. Can you help him? Yes, you could have him take estrogen to improve his bone structure. No, this sort of physical decline is inevitable and irreversible. Yes, you could help him do exercises to improve his balance and walking. No, physical exercise only tends to make the physical declines of old age worse.

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