Physical Activities And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For Physical Activities

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

 Staying active is a key ingredient for older adults to maintain a great quality of life, and practicing senior balance exercises can help you avoid falling while you are actively moving. Please see more information at  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now You know the old saying, "if you don't use it, you lose it." Well, that is true for aging individuals who desire to stay active in their later years. Being active lends to maintaining good muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness. Medical researchers have shown that a sedentary life leads to more health problems. As spouses, family members and loved ones and caregivers we tend to want more for our loved ones than reading the newspaper, watching TV and sitting quietly trying to take prolonged naps.  Although it might seem like a rather daunting task to convince our loved ones to get more active, communities are gearing up to take on the challenge of providing physical activities for their seniors.  This would make sense; especially when the CDC (Center for Disease Control) recommends physical activity for those over the age of 65 to be about 2–2.5 hours a week. The  Center for Disease Control suggests moderate exercise such as a water aerobics class, a brisk walk, muscle-strengthening, weightlifting, tai chi, or yoga.  However, today’s seniors may have lived their lives with little, if any, physical activity.  Although, this does not mean it is too late for seniors to exercise or even engage in competitive sports such as ping pong, tennis, badminton, and golf.  As a caregiver, there is much you can do to encourage your loved ones to get active.  You might even take on the additional role of activities coach.  You can help set goals, starting with small “baby” steps.  For instance, have your loved ones track their progress using a spread sheet or even writing it down on a piece of paper.  A good example of this would be to start a chart for walking.  Begin by walking slowly around the neighborhood, building up to the local park for longer walks keeping track of how far you went and how long your walk was.  In addition, encourage your loved ones to take walks in the malls or help them find walking trails.  Furthermore, caregivers can get together and have challenge matches, beefing up the competition’s feature of physical activities.  All of this can be recorded so that progress can be seen! Before engaging in physical activities, however, healthcare professionals like doctors, nurses and physical therapists recommend that those in the aging population perform senior balance exercises first to establish needed stability.

Senior Balance Exercises For Fitness Activities

    To be physically active in a safe manner, older individuals are encouraged to rehearse senior balance exercises to boost their steadiness capacity. One example of an equilibrium routine that you can apply to develop better steadiness is walking down a hallway in a tandem walking fashion. With tandem walking, you can walk along a line heel to toe, which challenges your balance reactions at your feet and ankles. As your balance reactions get stronger and faster, you will secondarily establish improved balance skills to minimize falling. You can learn the appropriate senior balance exercises by joining in with the direction of a knowledgeable Physical Therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To stay physically active,  get started on a course of the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The healthcare provider recommended Exercise For Balance DVD is a high quality instructional DVD to use at home or in a group setting. The easy to understand and simple to follow Exercise For Balance DVD includes  a step by step series of the latest balance and strength exercises necessary to optimize senior fitness and to carry out basic daily activities like shopping, doing laundry,  walking, standing, cleaning house, stair climbing or to advance to more difficult pursuits like skiing, dancing, playing golf and hiking. In the  comprehensive Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve stability, how to apply steadiness techniques and how to safely execute balance routines from a  qualified balance specialist --- licensed Physical Therapist---who has worked with balance and dizziness disorders for over 25 years. Get your copy of the Exercise For Balance DVD by clicking on the BUY NOW button

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