Reduce Falls At Work With Balance Exercises

Balance Exercises Help Enhance Stability

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

   One step towards decreasing the incidence of falling in the work place or at home  is to perform balance exercises  on a regular basis. Please see  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now For all of us whether we are full time workers, part time workers, retirees or stay at home Mom's, we need to watch our step at home and at work and apply simple steadiness techniques to limit the possibility of a fall and injury from a fall. Falls are a persistent hazard found in all occupational settings as well as the home environment. A fall can occur during the simple acts of walking or climbing a ladder to change a light fixture or as a result of a complex series of events affecting an ironworker 80 feet above the ground.   According to the 2009 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 605 workers were killed and an estimated 212,760 workers were seriously injured by falls to the same or lower level. Furthermore, those who clean house or clean the office can fall during various activities. Circumstances associated with fall incidents in the work environment frequently involve slippery, cluttered, or unstable walking/working surfaces; unprotected edges; floor holes and wall openings; unsafely positioned ladders; and misused fall protection. Federal regulations and industry consensus standards provide specific measures and performance-based recommendations for fall prevention and protection. However, persistent unsafe practices and low safety culture across many industries define steady fall injury rates year after year. Additionally, falls in the home can occur from clutter, slippery surfaces or trying to perform activities in tight spaces.

Balance Exercises Help Eliminate Falls

   Whether you work at home or at the office, it is essential to rehearse specific stability techniques and balance exercises to improve steadiness and diminish the possibility of a fall. The first level of learning steadiness strategies is to stand with your feet shoulder width a part and center your body weight in the middle of your feet. Next, slowly shift your body weight forwards into your toes and then backwards into your heels. By concentrating on the sense of touch between your feet and the ground, you will develop hearty connections between your feet and the balance center in your brain. When you have mastered these simple stability strategies, you can move on to balance exercises like standing on one foot. You can learn all necessary equilibrium routines and steadiness strategies by following along with the instruction of a knowledgeable Physical Therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    Minimize any risk of falling at home or at work by beginning the best balance exercises  the Exercise For Balance DVD. The professionally filmed  Exercise For Balance DVD is an excellent educational DVD to use at home or in a group setting. The easy to follow Exercise For Balance DVD comes complete  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, stability 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

   Be safe with all activities by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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