Gait Abnormalities And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For walking Issues

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

     As Baby Boomers head into their twilight years age, there is a predictable decline in walking abilities that can be improved with performing senior balance exercises every day. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now  Healthcare workers and medical researchers have found that determining that a gait is abnormal can be challenging, because there are no clearly accepted standards to define a normal gait in an older adult. medical studies comparing healthy persons in their 70s with healthy persons in their 20s demonstrate a 10 to 20 percent reduction in gait velocity and stride length among those in the older population. Additional parameters of gait that commonly change with aging include an increased stance width, increased time spent in the double support phase (i.e., with both feet on the ground), bent posture, and less vigorous force development at the moment of push off. These changes may represent adaptations to alterations in sensory or motor systems to produce a safer and more steady walking pattern. Unfortunately, these changes in how older individuals walk can also lead to a greater incidence of falling and injuries from falling among aging people. On a positive note, medical researchers have also determined that following a daily program of senior balance exercises and leg strengthening exercises can lead to enhanced stability and a reduced risk for falling.

Senior Balance Exercises Improve Steadiness

        Medical professionals have found that a regular routine of senior balance exercises can enhance steadiness with all movement activities and diminish the potential of a debilitating fall or injury from a fall.  regularly practicing stability routines such as centering your body weight in the middle of the base of support outlined by your feet can help to develop necessary connections between the sensory input from your feet to the balance center in your brain. For older adults,  Those steadiness techniques will automatically strengthen your balance abilities. Also, you can perform a daily routine of equilibrium exercises designed to develop strong balance reactions and balance skills that reduce the risk of falling. Rehearsing these steadiness routines translates into better stability with walking.  You can practice these senior balance exercises and stability techniques by following the instruction of a devoted Physical Therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To embark on a program of the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The healthcare professional recommended Exercise For Balance DVD is an outstanding educational DVD to use at home or in a group setting. The easy to follow Exercise For Balance DVD comes complete with  a step by step series of top notch balance and strength exercises needed to maximize senior fitness and to perform basic activities like shopping, doing laundry,  walking, standing, cleaning house, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like skiing, dancing, bocce ball and hiking. In the  comprehensive Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve stability, 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

Stay safe with walking by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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