Help With Daily Routines and Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises Help With Activities Of Daily Living

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

      For older adults, very day activities can be made more safe by practicing senior balance exercises  on a regular basis. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Healthcare providers have found that nearly half of Americans age 65 and older, totaling about 18 million people, require help with routine daily activities like grocery shopping, cleaning house, bathing, handling medications, meals and more. A new study in Milbank Quarterly reveals a growing need for improved services and support for older Americans, their spouses, their children and other "informal caregivers." While 51 percent of older Americans in the study reported no difficulty with routine tasks, "29 percent reported receiving help with taking care of themselves or getting around in the previous month," said co-author Vicki A. Freedman, Ph.D., a research professor with the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. "Another 20 percent reported that they had difficulty carrying out these activities on their own." Furthermore, models that effectively coordinate health and supportive services will become even more important as a rising number of older Americans with disabilities receive care in settings other than nursing homes. On another note, those in the aging population who struggle with imbalance and mobility restrictions have an even greater difficulty with being independent with their daily routines. As a result, healthcare professionals like doctors, nurses, physical therapists and occupational therapists recommend that older indicviduals rehearse senior balance exercises every day to improve their balance abilities, which will in turn result in better function with daily  routines.

Senior Balance Exercises Enhance Steadiness For Living Routines

   Each and every day, we all perform basic routines like dressing and  bathing that can be made safer with a regular dose of senior balance exercises. As an example, having good stability is essential to turn safely in the kitchen or bathroom during food preparation or bathing. Also, steadiness is required to be able to safely carry a cup of coffee or tea from the kitchen counter to the kitchen table. Medical researchers, however, have shown that despite an age related decline in balance abilities, senior citizens are able to improve overall steadiness with movement activities by rehearsing specific equilibrium routines on a daily basis. Now, you can practice a step by step program of senior balance exercises developed by a knowledgeable Physical Therapist in the comfort of your own home by following along with the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To be safe with activities at home, please begin the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The Exercise For Balance DVD is an exceptional educational DVD to use at home or in a group setting. The professionally filmed Exercise For Balance DVD comes filled with with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance senior fitness and to perform basic activities like grocery shopping,  walking, standing, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like dancing, playing golf and hiking. In the easy to follow Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve balance, specific stability techniques and balance routines from a knowledgeable 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

 Stay safe at home by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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