Use Senior Balance Exercises To Strengthen Ankles

Senior Balance Exercises Help With Ankle Reactions

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

As we age, senior balance exercises become even  more important to rehearse regularly to not only improve balance to reduce the risk of falling but to also enhance balance reactions at the ankles. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now In our later years,  most  of us over the age of sixty tend to experience predictable patterns of physical decline that result in poor balance abilities. As the years march on, our balance system components diminish in effectiveness as each one of the components succumb to their individual aging process. To be more specific, our balance system is composed of information from our eyes, inner ear vestibular system and feedback from our feet and ankles. As we carry on in years, our eyesight diminishes, our hearing is compromised and our ankles become stiffer and weaker. The results of this aging process is a reduction in balance abilities, including decreased balance reactions at the feet and ankles. The balance reactions in our feet and ankles are critical to maintaining an upright posture and to combat against falls.  Our balance reactions are designed to respond to all changes in the body's position as well as respond to different surfaces below our feet such as ice, grass, rocks or uneven hiking trails. In the home, balance reactions accommodate to varying surfaces like thick carpet, hardwood floors or tile.  In specific, the balance system in our brain receives incoming information from our eyes, ears, muscles and joints from our feet and ankles.  The balance system in our brain then integrates all the incoming information and sends back out an appropriate motor response to the muscles in the lower legs and ankles to contract appropriately to maintain good balance and upright position. The problem many older adults encounter is that as we age our balance reactions are diminished secondary to this stiffness and weakness in our ankles.

Senior Balance Exercises And Activating Ankle Muscles

Since having strong balance reactions at the feet and ankles is so critical, practicing senior balance exercises on a daily basis is the best way to improve balance reactions at the feet and ankles.  By performing equilibrium exercises, the body is able to strengthen the connections between the brain and the body that are necessary for good balance. Stability exercises challenge the balance reactions at the feet and ankles, thereby reactivating balance skills that are typically reduced during the aging process. Certain equilibrium routines emphasize working on balance reactions at the feet. For instance, if you stand with your feet in a narrow base of support like with one foot in front of the other, you will notice that your feet and ankles wobble quite a bit. That wobbling action is your natural balance reactions at work, getting stronger and faster as you perform this exercise.  Now you can follow along with a balance exercise routines developed by an experienced physical therapist to practice appropriate stability exercises on a daily basis at home with the Exercise For  Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    Develop strong and fast balance reactions at the feet and ankles by beginning the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. You will find that the Balance DVD is the perfect tool to use at home or in a group setting. The Exercise For Balance DVD is loaded 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

You can maximize your balance abilities by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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