Senior Balance Exercises Accompany Environmental Modifications

By Suzanne Stoke, Physical Therapist @ Exercise For Balance via www.exerciseforbalance.com

Practicing senior balance exercises every day is one way before older adults to reduce their risk of falling.  Stability exercises performed on a daily basis helped to improve balance and the basic components of balance including:

-balance reactions at the feet and ankles

-increased lower leg strength

-heightened awareness of sensory input from the feet and ankles

-improved control over the body's weight shifting

These are some of the benefits of practicing balance routines each and every day.  Another way to diminish the risk and incidents of falling he is to determine what environmental modifications need to be made in the home. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now

Senior Balance Exercises And Environmental Modifications

Practicing senior balance exercises go hand in hand with performing environmental modifications in the home to help older adults minimize the risk of falling and injuring themselves.  Environmental modifications in the home can include removing all throw rugs, which a person can easily catch their toe and tripped over.  For all of us, our primary sensory input for balance is our visual system, which helps to determine this setting around us. Therefore, an easy environmental modification to implement is to add night lights in every bedroom and bathroom to make sure that there is adequate lighting for anyone who needs to get up in the middle of the night for any reason.  In every living facility, there should also be sturdy handrails at every staircase.  Furthermore, another environmental modification is to clear all the clutter from the floor, including any newspapers, books, shoes, clothes, or any other items that could cause and individual to trip and fall.  In the kitchen and bathroom, appropriate environmental modifications can be taken to make sure there are never any water spills on the floor, which could also result in falling and injuring oneself.  If a step stool is needed in the kitchen, it should be stored in an area where no one can trip over it when it is not been used.  These safety tips for environmental modifications in the home as well as specific balance techniques and senior balance exercises have been developed by an experienced Physical Therapist and clearly presented In the Exercise For Balance DVD which you can follow along with in the comfort of your own home.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

   Clean up your home and start the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The Balance DVD is the perfect tool to use at home or in a group setting. The DVD is loaded with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance senior fitness and to perform basic activities like walking, standing, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like dancing and hiking. In the expertly developed Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve balance, balance techniques and balance routines from a licensed Physical Therapist) who has worked with balance and dizziness disorders for over 20 years. Get your copy of the Exercise For Balance DVD by clicking on the BUY NOW button

Learn safety tips and begin balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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