Senior Balance Exercises And Safety Proofing Your Home

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

Healthcare professionals are aware of the importance of both practicing senior balance exercises and establishing environmental safety procedures within the home to reduce the risk and incidence of falling. Statistics reveal for those in the older generation falls most commonly occur inside the home. Falls are usually a result of tripping on a throw rug or item of clutter on the floor. Simply removing throw rugs is the first step in reducing trips that lead to falls. Additionally, removing items of clutter from the floor that can cause tripping is also essential. Those items of clutter can include:

-Shoes or clothes

-Magazines, newspapers or books

-Toys for the dog or grandkids

Furthermore, another important way to safety proof the home is to install additional lighting, especially in areas of the bedroom or hallway that are used at night. Because the balance system in the brain relies heavily on visual input to keep us steady, it is essential to have adequate lighting when we get up at night to go to the bathroom or during the evening hours before we go to bed. These safety tips are critical to reduce the potential for falling at home. Additionally, practicing equilibrium exercises to improve balance is also essential. Please see http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now

 Senior Balance Exercises Help To Improve Balance Abilities

 A daily dose of senior balance exercises can help to develop the necessary balance skills that are needed to stay on ones feet and reduce the potential for falling. A comprehensive balance program should include specific balance techniques that advance the connections between the balance center in the brain and this sensory input in the feet. Furthermore, equilibrium exercises should include learning how to center ones body weight in the base of support and maintaining that center position during challenging stability routines. Senior balance exercises should also include developing strong and fast balance reactions at the feet and ankles through strengthening exercises and challenging balance exercises. Now, with the Exercises For Balance DVD, you can practice these specific balance techniques and senior balance exercises that have been developed by an experienced physical therapist in the comfort of your own home.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To be safe at home, begin the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The Balance DVD is designed for easy use at home or in a group setting. The DVD is filled 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 Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve balance, balance 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

Be safe at home by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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