Companion Confidence In Balance Capability And Senior Balance Exercises

Promote Senior Balance Exercises For Companion

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

      Companions of older adults can be powerful positive influencers of practicing senior balance exercises for those in the aging population. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Social relationships have strong influence over us, even as we age. The confidence that a close companion, whether spouse, adult children or healthcare provider for an elderly individual, can have in determining the balance abilities of an older loved one is highly influential. Recently, healthcare professionals looked at the relationship of a close companion and their opinion of the steadiness of an aging person. Cavanaugh, James T. PT and others recently documented a study, Companion Confidence in the Balance of Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Implications for Physical Activity Promotion, that investigated how social relationships influence activity levels and exercise regimes for those with balance impairments. The researchers looked into how positive social relationships may increase the intention of older adults to be physically active. In the presence of balance impairments, however, the potential influence of a familiar companion on an older adult's physical activity is not well understood. The purpose of this preliminary investigation was to explore companion confidence in the balance capability of an older adult as a potential determinant of older adult physical activity. The researchers found that older adults and their companions did not necessarily share similar confidence in the older adult's balance capability. Companion confidence, especially when
markedly less than older adult confidence, showed promise as a predictor of older adult physical activity. As a result, companions of senior citizens who have balance problems can be powerful influencers to advocate for continued physical activity, including promoting practicing senior balance exercises.

Daily Senior Balance Exercises

By practicing senior balance exercises as a regular routine, aging individuals can improve balance and safely remain active for years to come. Older adults can be motivated to rehearse equilibrium exercises every day by the motivation of a loved one. By performing stability routines together, loved ones can help enhance balance abilities in their companion as well as improving their own steadiness skills. For example, together you can start a stability program by practicing a basic balance exercise like standing on one foot and maintaining your body weight in the center of your arch. You can learn this senior balance exercise and a step by step progression of additional equilibrium exercises by following the direction of a knowledgeable physical therapist in the exercise for balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To stay motivated to improve your steadiness, begin the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The simple to follow Balance DVD is an exceptional instructional tool to use at home or in a group setting. The professionally filmed DVD is complete with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance senior fitness and to perform basic activities like brisk walking, standing, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like skiing, 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

   Help your loved one who has balance problems by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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