Daily Stretches And Balance Exercises

Stretches & Balance Exercises For Optimal Mobility

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

Balance Exercises on a Stand Up Paddle Board

    To stay healthy and active, medical professionals recommend regular  fitness programs that include stretching, strengthening and   balance exercises. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Healthcare professionals including doctors, physical therapists and personal trainers suggest daily workouts including strengthening exercises that focus on core and extremity strength, stretching exercises to maintain muscle and fascia flexibility and steadiness exercises to limit the possibility of falling with movement activities. Fitness professionals offer various stretching regimes to maintain adequate muscle and joint flexibility. As an example, there are types of active and passive stretches. One such type of stretching involves Pandiculation. Pandiculation includes tightening muscles and then lengthening them out from that contraction to stretch the muscles and surrounding fascia tissue. Pandiculation helps our brains reset what it thinks is a resting muscle and a contracted muscle. Any repetitive movement we perform on a daily basis establishes habits in our central nervous system. We have good habits- like riding a bike or picking up a fork to put food in our mouths. But we also have bad habits. For example, if we sit at a computer all day, our arm is lifted to hold and operate the mouse. If we do that long enough, our muscles develop a habit of holding the arm in that position. The brain, in turn, takes that habit out of our voluntary control, resetting its level of what is a contracted muscle, and what is a relaxed muscle. In pandiculation, we contract the muscle fully, even past the point that it has been habituated. Then by lengthening out from that full contraction, the brain resets the possible length, allowing full range instead of getting “stuck” in the habit of holding the pattern of operating that mouse when we are no longer sitting at the computer. Stretching to reset normal muscle length can be performed with specific balance exercises to provide excellent balance abilities at the ankles for adequate stability during all movement activities.

 Combining Stretching And Balance Exercises

    For maximal balance reactions needed for good stability, you can rehearse certain stretches and balance exercises. The balance reactions at the ankles are needed to accommodate to walking on various surfaces like thick carpet, grass, or hiking trails. Balance reactions can get stronger with equilibrium routines like standing on one foot or standing with the feet in a tandem stance, one foot directly behind the other foot. You can practice the appropriate steadiness skills and balance exercises in the comfort of your own home by following along with the Exercise for Balance DVD.

 Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    For steadiness with movement patterns, please initiate a program of the best stretches and balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The healthcare professional recommended Exercise For Balance DVD is an excellent educational DVD to use at home or in a group setting. The easy to understand and to follow Exercise For Balance DVD includes  a step by step series of up to date balance and strength exercises necessary to optimize generalized fitness and to perform basic daily activities like shopping, doing laundry,  walking, standing, cleaning house, stair climbing or to advance to more difficult 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  qualified balance specialist --- 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 steady by starting stretches and balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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