Essential Balance Exercises For Paget’s Disease

Balance Exercises Help Paget’s Patients

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

Following a daily program of balance exercises is essential for individuals who struggle with Paget's disease. Paget's disease is a chronic condition of bone characterized by disorder of the normal bone remodeling process. Normal bone has a balance of forces that act to lay down new bone and take up old bone. This relationship (referred to as "bone remodeling") is essential for maintaining the normal calcium levels in our blood. In bone affected by Paget's disease, the bone remodeling is disturbed and not synchronized. As a result, the bone that is formed is abnormal, enlarged, not as dense, brittle, and prone to fracturing. Paget's disease affects older skeletal bone of adults. It's estimated that 1% of adults in the U.S. have Paget's disease. Paget's disease commonly causes no symptoms and is often incidentally noted when X-ray tests are obtained for other reasons. However, Paget's disease can cause bone pain, deformity, fracture, and arthritis. The bone pain of Paget's disease is located in the affected bone. The most common bones affected by Paget's disease include the spine, the thigh bone (femur), the pelvis, the skull, the collarbone (clavicle), and the upper arm bone. In general, Paget's disease can be summarized by:

-Excessive bone reabsorption and subsequent formation of abnormal bone

-Increased incidence of Osteoporosis

-Increase incidence of fractures

-Increased incidence of bony deformities

-Postural changes

-Loss of balance with standing and walking activities

Consequently, individuals who suffer with Paget's disease have a greater likelihood of sustaining a fracture if they fall. Additionally, because of changes in postural alignment, people who are diagnosed with Paget's disease also commonly have balance problems. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now

Balance Exercises Are Critical For Those With Paget’s Disease

Individuals who have Paget's disease are encouraged to perform balance exercises on a daily basis. Because Paget's disease involves weakening of bones and resulting increase risk for fracture, it is essential that those individuals do not fall and incur a serious injury. Consequently, medical researchers have proven that completing a balance exercise program regularly can help enhance an individual’s stability and reduce their risk for falling. By following along with the Exercise For Balance DVD at home, you can practice specific equilibrium exercises and strengthening exercises that have been developed by an experienced physical therapist. The balance program in the DVD includes both strengthening exercises and stability exercises that are essential for individuals with Paget's disease.

Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    For those with balance problems especially due to Paget's Disease, you are encouraged to begin balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The easy to follow Balance DVD is an excellent tool to use at home or in a group setting. The clearly presented 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 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

For anyone with Paget's Disease, start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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