Vestibular Compensation And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises Help With Vestibular Compensation

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

     One of the best ways to advance vestibular compensation is to perform senior balance exercises on a regular basis. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Maximizing vestibular compensation through equilibrium routines is an effective way to reduce the intensity and frequency of symptoms of vertigo, nausea and dizziness. In addition to rehearsing stability exercises, there are a few other treatments to help with vertigo and nausea. As an example, these treatment techniques are most effective:

-The canalith repositioning procedure (Epley maneuver) is recommended in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

-The modified Epley maneuver also is effective in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

-Vestibular suppressant medication is recommended for symptom relief in patients with acute vestibular neuronitis.

-Effective treatments for vertiginous migraine include migraine prophylaxis (e.g., tricyclic antidepressants, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers), migraine-abortive medications (e.g., sumatriptan [Imitrex]), and vestibular rehabilitation exercises.

-Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors can relieve vertigo in patients with anxiety disorders.

-Vestibular exercises are recommended for more rapid and complete vestibular compensation in patients with acute vestibular neuronitis.

Senior Balance Exercises For Vestibular Adaptation

     Performing senior balance exercises every day is one of the best ways to maximize vestibular compensation, which leads to a reduction in symptoms of nausea, vertigo and dizziness. Equilibrium routines that include focusing on the sense of touch between your feet and the ground while you are standing helps to boost the sensory feedback to the balance system in the brain, thereby enhancing steadiness and reducing dizziness. Through a daily repetition of stability exercises, your brain will be able to compensate or adapt to the sensory input, resulting in less vertigo and greater balance. One of the most common  equilibrium routines to practice involves standing in a tandem position, where your feet are directly in line with each other. In the narrow position, maintaining your balance will be very challenging. This exercise, therefore, will assist in enhancing your balance abilities, which will subsequently help to reduce dizziness. You can learn the appropriate senior balance exercises and stability techniques needed for good balance and reduced vertigo by following the lead of an experienced Physical Therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To begin appropriate adaptation routines, begin the best balance exercises with  the Exercise For Balance DVD. The  Balance DVD is an excellent instructional  DVD meant to be used at home or in a group setting. The comprehensive  DVD is stocked with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance senior fitness and to perform basic activities like moving safely in the kitchen, 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, stability techniques and balance routines from a balance instructor--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

   Make steps for a safer tomorrow by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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