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Balance Exercises And Vibration As An Exercise Modality

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

Balance exercises are a critical component of rehabilitation programs. Following an injury, individuals need to restore strength, range of motion, normal gait patterns, balance abilities and previous functional activities. Most people can easily discern deficits in strength and mobility after an injury. Rehabilitation specialists such as a physical therapist can also note more hidden aspects of function that need to be restored including balance skills and joint proprioception abilities. As an example, when an individual sustains a ligament injury such as tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee or the calcanealfibular ligament and the ankle, the person is not only left with joint instability but also proprioception deficits. The definition of proprioception is from Latin proprius, meaning "one's own", "individual" and perception, is the sense of the relative position of neighbouring parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement. Functionally, the proprioceptors are sensors that provide information about joint angle, muscle length, and muscle tension, which is integrated to give information about the position of the limb in space. The proprioceptive information travels to the brain and relays information about how each aspect of the body is positioned. The brain integrates that information and sends out appropriate responses to the muscles to adapt to changes in balance as well as to appropriately stimulate muscles for the desired movement patterns. Individuals who sustain injuries to the joint including ligament tears, swelling and joint replacement surgeries will require extensive rehabilitation to normalize proprioceptive feedback. Please see http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now

Balance Exercises And Vibration As An Exercise Modality

Balance exercises are important to perform following an injury or surgery to restore proprioception in the joints. Recently, medical research or his have been looking at using vibration techniques to help improve proprioceptive feedback. Chak Lun Allan Fu investigated Whole-body vibration therapy (WBVT) to be a potential candidate for anterior cruciate ligament repair rehabilitation.The possible mechanism for improving neuromuscular activation is the ‘‘tonic vibration reflex’’ and adaptation of the higher cortex. There is emerging evidence that Whole-body vibration therapy can improve balance, postural control, muscle strength, and functional performance. To date, positive effects were reported in a number of studies on healthy patients. Basically the vibration technique stimulates the mechanoreceptors in the joint providing proprioception feedback to the brain, resulting in improved posture control, balance and joint stabilization. Vibration techniques can be implemented in balance programs by using equipment such as balance boards

 

Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

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