Try Balance Exercises At Home

 Balance Exercises Modified For Home Use

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

     Following a daily routine of senior balance exercises and strengthening exercises can keep you agile and strong to continue activites of daily living at home or community events out side of the home. Please see  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now For those individuals who have difficulties with getting out because of medical conditions or transportation limitations, now you can practice equilibrium routines in the comfort of your own home. Described here are some ideas adapted from our physical therapy clinic to peform stability skills at home. At home, in a safe environment like near a counter or stable table that you can grab on to if need be, create an unstable surface by using either a Bosu ball or a couple of thick pillows. First, stand on top of the Bosu or pillows and balance on one leg. Once you develop adequate stability while standing on one foot, you can then progress the routine by swinging the other leg back and forth or side to side. After one to two minutes,  switch legs and repeat the process. For those who find standing on a BOSU or pillows to be too difficult,  try sitting on the BOSU or a Swiss or Physio ball with your legs straight in front of you and shift your weight from side to side. Another steadiness exercise you can attempt is to stand on the unstable surface and lift your right arm straight out in front of you while swinging your left leg back and forth, and vice versa. This exercise to works on a combination of coordination and balance. With all of these routines, you can make the exercise more challenging by trying each activity with your eyes closed to help decrease your reliance on vision for balance, but be sure your steadiness is adequate to attempt an exercise with your eyes closed.

Balance Exercises Enhance Steadiness

      By performing balance exercises every day you can increase stability and limit your risk for falling. For those folks who want to start a great balance exercise program without having to dole out a co-pay at every visit or bother with finding transportation to journey to a clinic or facility every week, now you can follow the direction of a knowledgeable physical therapist in a progressive step by step balance exercise program in the exercise for balance DVD. The professionally filmed balance DVD also includes strengthening exercises which target the most appropriate lower leg muscle that are needed for excellent stability. The DVD also includes exceptional tips on how to be safe at home, since most falls occur in the home. The DVD explains the necessary balance techniques to learn how to properly control your weight shifting with all equilibrium routines as well as with all movement activities throughout the day to keep you upright, safe and active.

Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To learn the best balance exercises to start at home, get the Exercise For Balance DVD. The easy to follow Balance DVD is the perfect instructional tool to use at home or in a group setting. The professionally filmed DVD is loaded with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance overall 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

Start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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