Accidental Falls And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises Reduce Falls

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

   Falling continues to be a major issue among older adults and which can be reduced by performing specific senior balance exercises. Please see   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Medical statistics remind us that one in three aging individuals fall each year. Unfortunately, medical conditions such as dementia, diabetes, macular degeneration, stroke, peripheral neuropathy and other issues raise the risk of falling for certain senior citizens. As a result, falls are a major cause of disability and mortality in the elderly, and therefore, represent an important health problem. Medical researchers have provided data that sheds light on the timing and frequency of falling. They found that the frequency of fall occurrence was equally spread over the 7 days of the week. There were, however, more falls taking place around 6 pm: 22.5% of all falls took place between 5 and 8 pm. In one study, the researchers also looked at what activities were being performed when falls were likely to take place. More than half the fall accidents took place in the rooms of the participants. Living room, corridors and toilets were also places with a high fall risk. Walking or standing without help caused 56 out of 143 (39%) fall accidents. Getting out of a wheelchair, 20, and standing up from the toilet, 19, gave similar risks on fall accidents (14 and 13%, respectively). Getting out of bed or an armchair was cited by 31 out of 143 (21.7%) as the activity during the fall accident. Ten out of the 143 (7%) occurred during walking or standing with help (7%). Three (2%) fall accidents occurred during washing and dressing, 4 (2.8%) during walking with a walker.  Fortunately, medical researchers have also proved that practicing senior balance exercises can help reduce the number of falls for older adults as they perform these activities of daily living.

Senior Balance Exercises For Activities Of Daily Living

    participating in senior balance exercises can help improve steadiness during daily living routines. One equilibrium exercise that enhances stability while on your feet is standing with your feet shoulder width apart and standing with your body weight centered in the middle of your feet. In this position, you can practice controlling your weight shifting by slowly leaning forwards and backwards and side to side. You can learn how to perform this senior balance exercises and other steadiness routines by joining in with the instruction of a qualified Physical Therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To prevent accidental falls,  get started on a course of the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The healthcare provider recommended Exercise For Balance DVD is a high quality instructional DVD to use at home or in a group setting. The easy to understand and simple to follow Exercise For Balance DVD includes  a step by step series of the latest balance and strength exercises necessary to optimize senior fitness and to carry out basic daily activities like shopping, doing laundry,  walking, standing, cleaning house, stair climbing or to advance to more difficult pursuits like skiing, dancing, playing golf and hiking. In the  comprehensive Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve stability, how to apply steadiness techniques and how to safely execute 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

Be safe at home by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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