What Happens When You Stop Exercising and Lose All Your Muscles
Here’s another example why exercise is good for you.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2184995_prevent-bedsores.html
When you stop exercising and lose all your muscles, your tissue dies. The lack of blood flow to the area turns the tissue black. Nurses are supposed to turn bedridden patients over each day, but with so much hospital cutbacks these days, I doubt they all do. If you are visiting someone in the hospital who is bedridden, you may want to give them massages or help them move.