Functional Improvements Through Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises Help Function

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

    Losing function results in a lower quality of life, but thankfully, performing senior balance exercises on a regular basis can help to improve stability and enhance good living. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Function, as determined by Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses and doctors, includes being able to independently perform activities of daily living that can include:

-Independent dressing and grooming

-Cooking and house cleaning activities

-Walking independently inside and outside of the home

-Participating in community and social events like attending concerts, plays, church, family outings

    Higher levels of functional activities include driving, playing sports like golf and tennis, shopping for food and other essentials and maintaining upkeep on a home or living area. To continue with an adequate level of functioning, senior citizens need to maintain their mobility, strength and balance. Having good balance skills is an important component of sustaining function and an exceptional quality of life. Balance exercises are known to help individuals improve balance and reduce the risk and incidence of falling. Equilibrium exercises can include activities such as standing balance and walking balance training.   Stability exercises assist in developing good balance reactions at the ankles. Senior balance exercises also help with functional activities like getting up and down stairs safely and setting your balance point when you get up from a chair so you don't fall forwards.

Senior Balance Exercises For Needed Function

    Medical researchers and healthcare professionals have found that senior balance exercises rehearsed on a consistent basis can enhance stability and improve function. Balance exercises and functional exercises have been a recent focus of researchers. medical investigators have evaluated if performing balance exercises with functional exercises can synergistically improve balance and reduce the risk of falling. de Bruin E.D. and Murer K. in their study, Effect of additional functional exercises on balance in elderly people, looked at the correlation and effects of balance exercises and functional exercises. The researchers Objective was  To evaluate the additional effect of functional exercises on balance and lower extremity function among hostel-dwelling elderly people partaking in strength training. Individuals were divided into groups and given balance exercises, strength training and functional exercises.  A significant difference between groups following training was observed. The researchers Concluded that twice-weekly lower extremity strength training of 12 weeks' duration in hostel-dwelling elderly people only improves task-specific balance performance and lower extremity physical function when additional functional exercises are added. Now, older folks at home can practice specific senior balance exercises and functional strength exercises by following along with the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    For older individuals to enhance function, please begin the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The easy to follow  Balance DVD is a wonderful instructional tool  to use at home or in a group setting. The professionally filmed DVD comes complete with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance senior fitness and to perform basic activities like cleaning house, walking, standing, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like playing golf, dancing and hiking. In the Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve balance, stability techniques and balance routines from an expert balance instructor ---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

Enhance your function by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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