Balance Exercises And Walking Patterns

Balance Exercises Can Improve Walking As We Age
Balance exercises are important not only to keep us upright with standing, but also to help improve walking techniques so we don't stumble and fall (see http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now ). Balance exercises can help to overcome the typical balance problems we face as we age and our gait changes. You have seen the older lady who walks with her upper body tilting side to side. That gait pattern is called Trendelenberg gait and it stems from weak hip muscles. You probably have also noticed an older man who limps stiffly from arthritic knees. A sure sign of Parkinson's disease is the shuffling gait, where the individual drags his toes on the ground. All of those gait patterns are common in people as they age. Balance exercises are important to correct those walking methods to avoid falling.

Balance Exercises And Walking Patterns

Balance exercises for seniors with faulty gait mechanics recently was the subject of a research study, Understanding ageing effects using complexity analysis of foot-ground clearance during walking, by Karmakar C, Khandoker A, Begg R, Palaniswami M. Ageing influences gait patterns which in turn can affect the balance control of human locomotion. Minimum toe clearance is an event during the swing phase of the gait cycle and is highly sensitive to the spatial balance control properties of the locomotor system. Basically speaking, this study showed that the fall risk group of older patients had less toe clearance as they walked. It makes sense that if toe clearance is low, it is easy to catch your toe on a rug or drag your toe on the ground, causing you to fall. Balance exercises, therefore, are essential to correct low toe clearance with walking.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

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