Short Walks And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For Short Walks

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

  Recent articles on healthy living for older adults have described the benefits of physical activity including participating in  senior balance exercises and fitness programs.     http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Not long ago, a study was published that reported that short walks, even a duration of just TWO MINUTES, can be beneficial for your health.  The article published in the Journal Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology shows that walking for just two minutes every hour can offset the health hazards of sitting for long periods of time. Scientists and health experts both agree that sitting for long hours can drastically harm your health. Studies have shown that it can trigger chronic ailments like heart disease and even cancer.   These findings indicate that a "trade-off" of sitting for light intensity activities for two minutes each hour is associated with a 33 percent lower risk of dying. Walking is the easiest way to remain fit and active. You may think that walking is underrated as a form of exercise, but not any more. Healthcare professionals like nurses, doctors and physical therapists agree that regular walking can reduce stress levels, prevent memory decline, boost heart health and add more years to your life. For safety sake, before you embark on a walking program, first incorporate a few senior balance exercises into your day to advance your stability skills and limit the possibility of a fall while walking.

Practice Senior Balance Exercises For Walking Programs

   Before heading out on your brisk two minute walk, try practicing a few senior balance exercises to sharpen your overall steadiness with walking. You can establish good stability on your jaunts by rehearsing tandem walking first. Tandem walking involves walking along a line in a heel to toe manner. This style of tandem walking will hone your balance reactions and help you to stay upright on your walks. You can learn how to perform tandem walking and other senior balance exercises by following along with the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To begin a short walking program, 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 with walking by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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