Balance Exercises To Safely Deck The Halls

Stay Safe This Christmas With Balance Exercises

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

If you keep in mind certain stability strategies and rehearse balance exercises, you can stay safe with the numerous Christmas activities that are upon us. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now During the holidays we encounter many activities that require us to have good balance and dexterity. For instance, I am heading up on a ladder this afternoon to hang lights along the roof line. Before I venture off the ground, I will strategize on how to keep my weight centered while standing on the little ladder rungs and how to control shifting my body weight as I step higher and higher. One of the most challenging moments will be leaning forwards on the ladder to hang up each light. Since my hands will be preoccupied with the string of lights, I will have to rely on my balance training to keep me from falling. Another fun holiday activity that requires good steadiness is placing ornaments on the tree, wreath, or garland. There is always a humorous story at Christmas time of someone losing their balance while reaching up to place an ornament in the perfect spot and falling into the tree, knocking it over and spilling all the decorations. One of my favorite scenes in the movie Elf is when Will Farrell takes a flying leap into the tree to put the star on the top. As you can imagine, everything comes crashing down. Consequently, Will and all the rest of us would be advised to learn some balance techniques and practice steadiness exercises before approaching the Christmas tree.

Balance Exercises For Holiday Safety

As they say, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" and that goes for preparing with balance exercises this Christmas season. To make sure that you do not fall and end up in the emergency room this Winter time, be sure to rehearse stability exercises before you begin reaching into the attic or crawl space to get out last year's decorations, putting up Christmas lights, hanging ornaments, stashing gifts under the tree, and participating in the many more holiday activities that surround us. Whether you are on your tippy toes to reach something or bending down to stow something else, one of the most important equilibrium exercises is to learn how to control your body weight as you move forwards and backward or side to side. you can practice that stability routine by first standing with your feet shoulder width apart and rocking in all directions, slowly and with good control. you can progress that routine by performing the exercise while standing on an unstable surface like a couch cushion or foam. you can practice these balance exercises before the holiday events start piling up by following along with the instruction of a knowledgeable physical therapist in the exercise for balance dvd.

Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    Be safe this holiday season by beginning the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The fun to watch Balance DVD is the perfect instructional tool to use at home or in a group setting. The Exercise For Balance DVD is full of 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 this Christmas by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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