Sensory Problems And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For Gait Deficits With Sensory Loss

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

  Many times as people age they experience a decrease in the sensation in their feet which leads to imbalance and can be helped with a program of senior balance exercises. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now  Loss of the sensation in the feet can effect balance abilities and approximately 30% of older adults have a gait disorder that is associated with loss of independence, falls, hospitalization, institutionalization and mortality. Age may affect several characteristics of gait including speed (and its contributors, stride length and cadence), step width and double support phase. These effects of age on gait may be partly due to deterioration in sensory and motor systems that are important for safe walking. For example, muscle strength, reaction time, balance, sensation and vision have been shown to decline with age or as a consequence of clinical and sub-clinical disease. Decline in sensorimotor abilities are individually associated with slower gait speed and cadence, shorter steps, longer double support phase and wider step width in older people. Age-related gait decline is more likely to be due to a number of sensorimotor factors, rather than one single factor. On a positive note, medical researchers have found that older adults who practice specific senior balance exercises and leg strengthening exercises are able to enhance their balance abilities and reduce their risk for falling.

Senior Balance Exercises For Sensory Loss

   Older individuals who experience sensory loss in their feet and lower legs are advised to rehearse   senior balance exercises on a daily basis to improve steadiness and limit the potential for an injury producing fall. For example, aging individuals with decreased sensation can practice standing with their feet shoulder width a part while they center their body weight in the middle of their arches. By focusing on keeping the bodyweight centered in the middle of the feet, the person will enhance the proprioceptive feed back from the body to the brain, resulting in improved stability. You can develop enhanced steadiness by following the instruction of a knowledgeable about who presents a series of senior balance exercises in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    For those with sensorimotor deficits, please begin 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

  Don't delay. Start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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