Senior Balance Exercises For Proper Standing Alignment

Senior Balance Exercises Help Upright Posture

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

A regular dose of senior balance exercises can help assist older adults to maintain both good, upright posture and adequate steadiness with functional activities. Please see http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Balance exercises and balance training are an important part of our daily lives as we get older.   Medical researchers and healthcare professionals suggests that equilibrium routines need to be practiced every day to build the proper connections between the brain and the body. Without consistent repetition, the balance system in the brain is not able to develop strong synaptic patterns that connect the areas of the brain and the muscles in the body that work together to provide steadiness with movement. The brain and body connections also allow for adequate functioning of  balance reactions and balance skills.  Stability exercises can start with easy equilibrium routines and progress in several different ways to perform more challenging balance activities. Additionally, as we progress with our balance abilities, we can also use specific balance techniques to help us improve posture and maintain a good upright alignment.

Senior Balance Exercises Help With Postural Alignment

Senior balance exercises can assist in the ever important aspect of our lives: good posture. when older adults succumb to a forward bent posture, it throws their alignment off. with a forward bent position, older adults are much more likely to fall forwards and fracture a wrist or hip. with a centered alignment, older individuals see an enhancement in their muscle strength, decrease in back pain and improvement in steadiness. the best way to learn how to have good postural alignment is to start standing with your feet shoulder width apart and centering your weight in the middle of your feet. from that position, you can practice controlling your weight shifting forwards and backwards and side to side. One-way to make balance exercises easier or more difficult is to change the base of support that the individual is standing on.  The consistency of the surface can change from a solid surface to a soft surface like foam, pillow or couch cushion. A harder surface is easier to balance on secondary to an increase in sensory information received through the feet and ankles. An even greater challenging surface to balance on can be balance exercise equipment such as a rocker board or BOSU.  stability exercises can also progress in the level of difficulty by using a wide base of support or narrow base of support. An equilibrium exercise where the feet are shoulder width apart in a wide base of support increases the individual’s stability and makes the balance training easier. now, you can practice these senior balance exercises, developed by an experienced physical therapist, in the comfort of your own home with the exercise for balance dvd.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To maximize your postural alignment and stability, begin the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The professionally filmed Balance DVD is the perfect instructional tool to use at home or in a group setting. The comprehensive 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 balance trainer (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

Stand tall by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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