Balance Exercises To Rehab Kevin Ware

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

Balance exercises will be one of the most important components of Kevin Ware's rehabilitation. Please see http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Kevin Ware, the University of Louisville basketball player who stole the spotlight of the NCAA basketball tournament recently with his dramatic leg injury. As a result of trying to block a shot, Ware landed awkwardly, sustaining an open fracture of the Tibia bone. Great speculation surrounded his injury. Some wondered if he had an underlying stress fracture. Frederick Azar, an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Tennessee, surmised that "He leaped high, vertically and he leaped horizontally. He could have planted and twisted and torque could have caused a fracture." No matter what the cause of the injury was he underwent surgery to insert a 15 inch rod in his leg bone and was back on his feet and crutches the next day. The next step is rehabilitation!

Balance Exercises A Key Part Of Rehab

Balance exercises are one of the most critical aspects of rehabilitation and return to sports activities. Balance training assists in building a strong foundation of stability to establish specific movement patterns. As an example, stability exercises can begin with static holding techniques, using essential principles of employing sensory feedback from the feet and ankles. Additionally, dynamic balance routines can be added to the static exercises, employing principles of controlling weight shifting during progressively more difficult balance maneuvers. For example, Mr. Ware can begin proprioception exercises to balance by standing on a soft surface like foam. He can advance his program by standing on an uneven surface like the BOSU. He can add dynamic activities like shooting a basketball while standing on the BOSU.

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For any rehab or prevention program, start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.