Senior Balance Exercises And Sacral Fractures

 Senior Balance Exercises Help Prevent Sacral Fractures

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

Practicing senior balance exercises on a daily basis is a great way to avoid common fall patterns and the injuries they produce. Unfortunately, one in three older adults are projected to fall every year. Many times those of the aging generation fall in their homes secondary to tripping on a throw rug, turning to quickly in the kitchen or bathroom or falling down stairs. Typically, the number of older adults that fall down stairs can be as high as one in four. The last step is usually the culprit. Most seniors miss the last step or slip on the bottom step, resulting in a fall onto to their sacrum. When falling from the last step, a sacral fracture is very common. According to David J. Hak, MD, MBA; Sean Baran; Philip Stahel, MD in their paper, Sacral Fractures: Current Strategies in Diagnosis and Management, many sacral fractures can be treated nonoperatively with restricted weight bearing, unstable fractures and fractures with associated nerve injury may require surgical management. The pattern, location, and stability of the fracture also vary greatly. Stable nondisplaced fractures are usually treated nonoperatively, while significantly displaced fractures require reduction and internal fixation. Sacral fractures associated with vertical shear pelvic fractures are usually unstable patterns. Sacral fractures may involve injury to the lumbosacral junction and result in varying degrees of lumbosacral instability or even lumbosacral dissociation. Please see    http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now

 Senior Balance Exercises Limit The Risk Of Sacral Fractures

The best way to avoid falling down the stairs and sustaining a sacral fracture is to practice certain balance techniques and senior balance exercises on a daily basis. One specific strategies older adults can use when going downstairs is to hold onto the handrail at all times. Additionally, since the balance system relies heavily on visual input for steadiness, it is imperative to have good lighting as well to watch your feet while going down stairs. Furthermore, the balance system also employs sensory information from the feet. Therefore, another balanced technique is to concentrate on foot placement on each step and focus on the sense of touch from the foot to the step. There are also several stability exercises that can be rehearsed every day that will enhance a person’s balance abilities to stand on one leg on one step while dynamically moving the other leg to the next. These static and dynamic senior balance exercises as well as specific balance techniques and be practiced in the convenience of your own home with the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To keep from falling on the stairs, begin the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The  Balance DVD is an easy tool to use at home or in a group setting. The DVD is loaded with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance senior fitness and to perform basic activities like walking, standing, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like dancing and hiking. In the professionally filmed Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve balance, balance techniques and balance routines from a 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

To keep from falling down stairs, start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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