Eye Injuries And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises To Keep From Falling

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

   Practicing senior balance exercises can help older individuals reduce the risk of falling and incurring injuries including hip or wrist fractures, blows to the head and eye injuries. Please see  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology,  falling was the leading cause of eye injuries, usually involved seniors age 60 or older, which were the most costly to treat. Falling was the NUMBER ONE cause of eye injuries overall and accounted for more than 8,425 hospitalizations. Researchers also found that the cost to treat eye injuries at hospitals rose by 62 percent during that period and now exceeds $20,000 per injury.  Serious ocular trauma injuries include orbital fractures and being pierced by objects. These injuries can be expensive to treat, and in many cases are preventable. With that in mind, researchers at Johns Hopkins University decided to identify the most common causes of eye injuries as well as the associated hospital costs so that prevention efforts could be better targeted. Such interventions could perhaps lower eye injury rates and overall health care costs for eye trauma inpatient visits. They identified a sample of nearly 47,000 patients ages 0 to 80 diagnosed with ocular trauma from 2002 to 2011 using a national health care database. They examined the total cost of hospitalization, cause of injury, type of injury and length of hospital stay. The researchers then grouped injured people by age. 

Their findings include: 

·         Falls are the leading cause of eye injury: Most of the 8,425 falls recorded happened to those 60 and older. Among the types of falls, slipping caused nearly 3,000 eye injuries. Falling down stairs was cited as a cause of eye injury 900 times.

·         The median cost of treating these eye injuries shot up from $12,430 to $20,116 between the years 2002 to 2011, an increase of 62 percent. The researchers found costs to be higher at large hospitals and for older patients. Income did not correlate with costs.    

    Medical researchers have also found that those in the aging population who perform senior balance exercises have better steadiness and a decreased frequency of falling.

Senior Balance Exercises For Better Stability

   One of the best ways to reduce the incidence of falling and injuries from falling is for older adults to participate in senior balance exercises on a regular basis. Those in the aging population can rehearse dynamic stability activities like standing on one foot and swinging the other foot forwards and backwards, mimicking taking a step. This equilibrium routine combines elements of static and dynamic balance skills, which are used with every walking pattern. Additionally, steadiness routines can be combined with safety strategies like having good lighting and good footwear when walking in the home. You can familiarize yourself with additional safety strategies and senior balance exercises presented by a qualified Physical Therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To minimize the potential of a costly eye injury, 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

Enjoy safe living by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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