Impact Of Regular And Balance Exercises

 Details On The Effects Of Fitness And Balance Exercises

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

Medical researchers have found that exercise and balance exercises help older individuals stay active and healthy as they age. Lord et al investigated the effectiveness of regular exercise on gait times of older women. The researchers evaluated whether physical fitness improves lower leg muscle strength in aging females. The researchers determined that although there was no change in strength, gait or steadiness with the control group, there were significant changes  for the exercise group. Those women in the exercise showed improvement in several categories including:

-Increased strength in 5 lower extremity muscle groups

-Increased walking speed

-Increased cadence of gait

-Increased stride length

-Shorter stride times

Overall, the older women's increased cadence with walking was associated with enhanced ankle dorsiflexion strength. Additionally, the females increased stride length was associated with improved hip muscle extension strength. The researchers found that exercise subjects with initially slow walking speeds demonstrated greater changes in velocity, stride length, cadence, and stance duration than those subjects who initially walked with a fast speed. Furthermore, the researchers concluded that these improvements in gait patterns with the exercising subjects translated into improved stability and decreased balance problems for these older women. Overall, the findings show that improvements in muscle strength as the results of regular exercise and balance exercises improve gait parameters and stability in the older women. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now

Balance Exercises Help With Steadiness During Walking

As the researchers have determined, regular exercises and balance exercises can improve gait patterns and steadiness for older females, thereby reducing the risk of falling and sustaining an injury. Some examples of equilibrium exercises that can be practiced in the comfort of your own home include standing with your feet shoulder width apart and centering your weight in the middle of your feet. Next you can learn to control your weight shifting during different movement patterns like getting up from a chair, going downstairs or turning in the bathroom or kitchen. You can advance stability exercises by practicing one leg standing, while concentrating on keeping your body weight in the center of your foot. This exercise will help to stabilize you during walking patterns when you are standing on one foot and swinging the opposite foot forwards for the next step. You can follow along with an experienced physical therapist who has developed a balance exercise program and professionally presented it in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To initiate a healthy fitness program, begin with the best balance exercises in the Exercise For Balance DVD. The easy to follow Balance DVD is designed for simple use at home or in a group setting. The comprehensive DVD comes filled  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

Get going on a healthy fitness program by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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