Many health experts are worried about worsening physical conditioning and mobility among older adults since Covid-19 upended the daily routine
Cindy Myers of Petaluma, Calif., an executive in the Bay Area, stands for a portrait on Feb. 2, 2022. She has been working from home for two years, and the change has taken a physical and mental toll, she said. Health experts are concerned that the pandemic, in upending daily routines, has reduced mobility and physical conditioning in older adults. (Bryan Meltz/The New York Times)
In normal times, Cindy Myers, an executive at a nonprofit organization, is “not a real physical person,” she said. “I work at desk jobs. I’m not a big exerciser.”
Still, before the pandemic, Myers, who is 64 and has a doctorate in organization development, commuted from her home in Petaluma, California, to an office in San Francisco. She met friends for lunch or coffee, and she went to restaurants, theaters and lectures with her wife. “There was so much more variety in my life, more locations, more people,” she said. “You’re not cognizant of all the moves you’re making.”
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