ocr: RESIdENT and Staff Physician Patiant Education Chart Exercise Helps Strength SFlexibility Muscles: * Increases muscle etticiency * Increases strength, balance, coordination, flexibility, speed, and endurance Increases blood circulation Tendons: * Increases elasticity, helping the body be more limber Bones: * Decreases the likelihood of of developing osteoporosis * Improves joint motion Reprintzd with parmission from Resident and Staff Physician ( 1991 by Romaine Piarson Publishars, Inc.