Fall-Prevention Demands And Senior Balance Exercises

Multimodal Involvement And Senior Balance Exercises

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

    As our population ages, performing senior balance exercises, assessing fall risk potential and advocating for balance technique instruction becomes more and more critical. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now As described by Beattie, (Bonita) Lynn PT, MPT, MHA in her study, Effective Fall-Prevention Demands a Community Approach, we are reminded that keeping our aging population free from falls and injuries takes a comprehensive approach. As detailed by Ms Beattie, given the rapid aging of the population, we can expect the number of older adult falls and fall-related injuries and deaths to increase exponentially unless we make a serious commitment to providing evidence-based, fall risk screening and assessments, and appropriate interventions to those increasingly at risk. National, state, and local partners are coming together to address this growing
public health issue through evidence-based interventions that promote collaboration between public health, health care, and aging service providers. Physical therapists are uniquely positioned to make a significant contribution
to this effort and to promote older adult participation in programs and services that can augment or supplement the plan of treatment. In that light, the Exercise For Balance DVD has been developed by an experienced physical therapist and made available to practice senior balance exercises in the convenience of one's own home.

Practice Senior Balance Exercises At Home

    A daily dose of senior balance exercises is the best way, proven by medical researchers, to improve balance and avoid the possibility of an injury producing fall. Equilibrium exercises can start off with basic routines like standing on one foot, which enhances static stability. Additionally, steadiness exercises can progress to dynamic routines like a lunge sequence where you stand on one foot and swing the other foot through like taking a step in a normal walking pattern. All these exercises require the constant control of maintaining ones body weight in the center of the weight bearing foot. Practicing these senior balance exercises in combination with the stability strategy instruction and direction on which specific leg strengthening exercises to rehearse, which is all contained in a step by step sequence in the Exercise For Balance DVD, can lead you to better balance and a lower risk for falling.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To begin practicing senior balance exercises at home,  get the Exercise For Balance DVD. The simple to understand Balance DVD is an exceptional educational tool to use at home or in a group setting. The professionally filmed 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 sure to age to perfection by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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