09/10/2026
Two weeks flat on your back can cost a healthy older adult the muscle equivalent of a decade of aging.
Here's the part that matters: rebuilding it takes roughly three times longer than losing it did.
This is why early mobilization is such a big deal in hospitals and skilled nursing. Every day someone stays down, the climb back gets steeper.
If you've got someone recovering right now — movement, even small movement, is medicine.