Prediction Of Falls And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises Reduce The Potential Of Falling

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

     Falling can be a frightening and debilitating experience for those in the aging population and performing senior balance exercises  on a regular basis can help to limit the possibility of a fall. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now For senior citizens, falls are an important safety challenge, with around half causing physical injuries that compromise the recovery of older, frailer patients. In regards to falls that occur within a hospital, falls predominantly affect and harm older, frailer people who currently account for the highest proportion of patients in general hospitals. Over the years, healthcare workers have collected data to better predict fall rates among older people. Reported rates of falls across the whole hospital population typically range from three to five falls per 1,000 bed days, representing >250,000 falls each year in English hospitals  and over 1 million falls in hospitals in the USA. Falls can have serious consequences; 30–51% of falls in hospitals result in some injury, with fractures occurring in 1–3%. People who are hospital inpatients when they fall and fracture have poor outcomes  and, if they survive, greatly extended lengths of stay. Even falls with minor or no injury can cause anxiety and distress to patients, their families and hospital staff, creating a downward spiral where fear of falling leads to reduced mobility and increased dependency. Falls can also lead to litigation. For all these reasons, prevention of falls is an important patient safety challenge for all  hospitals and other medical facilities internationally. As a result, it s essential for older individuals to practice senior balance exercises every day to minimize the risk of falling and being admitted to a hospital.

Senior Balance Exercises Enhance Steadiness

    Medical researchers have demonstrated that the most effective way to decrease the incidence and frequency of falling for older folks is to perform senior balance exercises as part of a daily exercise program. Equilibrium routines can be as basic as standing with feet shoulder width a part and centering ones body weight in the center of the base of support designated by there feet. Stability routines can be progressed to standing on one foot, near a counter or table. These senior balance exercises can be performed in the comfort of your own home by following the direction of an experienced Physical Therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To limit the possibility of a fall, please begin the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The professionally filmed Exercise For Balance DVD is an excellent instructional  DVD to use at home or in a group setting. The easy to follow Exercise For Balance DVD comes filled  with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance senior fitness and to perform basic activities like cleaning house, walking, standing, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like playing bocce ball, dancing and hiking. In the step by step Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve balance, specific 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

    For the most effective way to prevent falls, start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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