Fatigue And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For Folks With Fatigue

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

    Fatigue can plague older adults, but starting a physical activity plan beginning with senior balance exercises  can be the first step towards overcoming fatigue. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now For those individuals in the aging generation, fatigue can be a byproduct of low confidence or fear of falling with every movement activity. Additionally, fatigue can be secondary to generalized weakness, dyspnea or somnolence (defined as a symptom of disorders causing sleep deprivation). In general, fatigue is difficulty initiating and sustaining activity due to a lack of energy and accompanied by a desire to rest. Fatigue is normal after physical exertion, prolonged stress, and sleep deprivation. Fatigue can be classified in various temporal categories, such as the following:

• Recent fatigue: < 1 mo duration (due to Drug adverse effects, Anemia, Stress and/or depression)

• Prolonged fatigue: 1 to 6 mo duration ( due to Diabetes, Hypothyroidism, Sleep disturbances (eg, sleep apnea), Cancer)

• Chronic fatigue: > 6 mo duration (due to Chronic fatigue syndrome, Psychologic causes (eg, depression), Drugs)

Furthermore, fatigue can lead to a sense of being run down, unmotivated and immobile. Immobility also leads to a downward spiral of weakness and imbalance. One of the best ways to turn symptoms of fatigue around is to start a gentle fitness program, beginning with senior balance exercises.

Senior Balance Exercises To Get Moving Safely

      Overcoming the grips of fatigue can start with a program of  senior balance exercises, to build adequate stability for initiating a physical activity program. The first step towards getting up and moving is embarking on an equilibrium routine to maximize your balance abilities, enabling you to then initiate a general fitness regime. One of the basic steadiness exercises to begin with is standing with your feet shoulder width a part and centering your body weight in the middle of your feet. In this position, you can shift your body weight forwards and backwards or side to side to develop good control of your weight shifting movements. you can learn this stability strategy and a step by step series of senior balance exercises designed to establish good balance skills and developed by an experienced Physical Therapist in the Exercise for Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To break the chains of fatigue, please begin the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The step by step Exercise For Balance DVD is the ultimate educational DVD to use at home or in a group setting. The comprehensive Exercise For Balance DVD is filled  with the best balance and strength exercises needed to develop senior fitness and to perform basic activities like navigating in a restaurant, walking, standing, grocery shopping, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like playing bocce ball, playing golf, dancing and hiking. In the up to date Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve balance, steadiness techniques and balance routines from a balance instructor--- licensed Physical Therapist-- who has worked with balance and dizziness disorders for over 25 years. Get your copy of the Exercise For Balance DVD by clicking on the BUY NOW button

 Get moving safely by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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