Holiday Walking Program And Balance Exercises

Stay Safe While Walking With Balance Exercises

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

     A daily dose of balance exercises  can help you stay safe as you embark on a walking program this holiday season. Please see http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now With Thanksgiving and Christmas upon us, many people are motivated to hit the streets, treadmill and trails to burn off a few calories enjoyed during the festivities.  Brisk walking is one of the best exercise routines available. The repetitive compressive forces transmitted through bones during walking is an excellent way to minimize the onset of osteoporosis, especially for middle aged to older women. Furthermore, brisk walking, where the individual raises their heart rate, is an ideal exercise for cardiovascular health. Walking also helps to release neurochemicals in the body like endorphins, which can be excellent mood elevators. Additionally, one way to be sure that you stay safe and avoid and trips or slips that can lead to falls is to practice equilibrium routines indoors on a regular basis to build adequate balance abilities before initiating your walking program.

 Balance Exercises For Safe Walking

    To stay safe this holiday season, try a daily regime of balance exercises. Before heading out the door to walking the neighborhood or strike out on a hiking trail, be sure to perform equilibrium routines to advance your balance skills. One necessary component of good stability is having fast and strong balance reactions at the feet and ankles. Our natural balance reactions can be seen when we stand on one foot and we notice the small, rapid movement occurring around the ankles. Theses quick movements are adjustments to the minute shifting of our body weight over the small base of support, in this case-- one foot. To build strong balance reactions, you can work on standing on one foot for twenty seconds, three repetitions in a row, every day of the week. Once you develop quick and strong ankle adjustments, you will be ready for walking on hiking trails or other uneven terrain. You can learn these balance exercises and a step by step progression of other appropriate equilibrium routines by following the instruction of a knowledgeable Physical Therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

  For safe walking this holiday season, begin the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The professionally filmed Exercise For Balance DVD is an exceptional educational DVD to use at home or in a group setting. The step by step Exercise For Balance DVD comes filled with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance general fitness and to perform basic activities like grocery shopping, walking, standing, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like playing golf, dancing and hiking. In the easy to follow 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

  Burn those calories with safe walking by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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