Happy Feet And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For Good Feet

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

   Foot pain can be a real drag and taking care of your feet, including wearing proper footwear and practicing senior balance exercises can help improve stability and minimize the possibility of a fall. Please see more details at  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now As we age, many older individuals experience achiness in their feet. Foot pain can commonly be a result of low arches, bunions, hammer toes, plantarfascitis and wearing ill fitting shoes. Your feet work hard to get you where you need to be. Often times, years of wear and tear can be rough on them. So can disease, bad circulation, poorly trimmed toenails, and wearing shoes that don’t fit. For aging adults, it is essential to be kind to your feet. Exercise, especially walking, is a great way to increase blood flow, which helps your feet stay healthy. Additionally, try simple foot exercises, such as sitting and rotating your ankles one way, then the other. Furthermore, foot problems are sometimes the first sign of more serious medical conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, and nerve or circulatory disorders. Check your feet often, looking for cuts, blisters, or ingrown toenails. Talk with a doctor if you notice numbness or severe pain in your feet.

Tips for Happy Feet

• Wash your feet regularly, especially between your toes.

• Wear clean socks.

• Wear well-fitting, comfy shoes.

• Wear shoes when you’re outside.

• Put your feet up when you’re sitting, to help circulation.

• If you’re sitting for a long time, stand up and move around every now and then. 

• If you cross your legs when sitting, reverse or uncross them often.

    In addition, the sensory input from the feet is one of the critical components that help with steadiness.  As we age, it is very important, especially for folks with foot problems, to practice senior balance exercises, which will also help improve stability and reduce the risk of falling.

Senior Balance Exercises For Foot Pain

     For those people who suffer with chronic foot pain, there is a tendency to succumb to immobility and decreased steadiness, which can be helped by practicing senior balance exercises every day. In addition, older adults can take care of their feet and reduce their foot pain by giving their feet a nice massage, making sure their feet are clean and have proper nail length and by wearing sturdy and well fitting shoes. Older adults who wear good, supportive shoes will also reduce their pain and enhance their overall stability. Furthermore, those in the aging population can advance their stability with movement activities by rehearsing specific equilibrium routines. One such stability exercise is single leg standing. In the single leg standing routine, the older individual stand on one foot for twenty seconds and repeat that sequence three times before switching to standing on the other foot for twenty seconds and three repetitions. You can learn how to correctly perform single leg standing routines as well as other senior balance exercises by joining in with the demonstration by a knowledgeable physical therapist in the exercise for balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

Learn balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD

    For those older adults who live with foot pain, 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 foot smart and start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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