5 Breathing Concerns And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For Healthy Living

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

  Older adults who experience a fall can have health problems related to that fall, requiring them to practice strengthening exercises, senior balance exercises, postural training routines and other health promoting activities. Please see more information at  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Many older adults tend to adopt a forward leaning posture as they age. This forward bent positioning can create weakness in trunk muscles, difficulty breathing and a greater potential for falling forwards. Over time, those older adults tend to succumb to this forward bend posture and can experience changes in their spine which then affects their breathing. As an example, a patient who sits in an exceptionally flexed position can compress the contents of their abdomen against their diaphragm, resulting in breathing restrictions. There are certain questions you can ask yourself which will help you understand if your posture is creating difficulties with breathing. 

(1)  Do you experience difficulty breathing when you are lying on your side?

(2) Is your breathing rhythm regular?

(3) Does the movement pattern of your ribs expanding and contracting go excessively fast or too slow?

(4) Do you tend to sigh more often then necessary?

(5) Does your rib cage appear to move easily and comfortably during each breath?

Any older individual who answers positively to these questions can have indications that they are having difficulty breathing secondary to their posture. Thankfully there are ways to help improve your posture which will both increase your upright standing alignment for better balance as well as improve your breathing abilities.

Senior Balance Exercises For Better Posture

    Standing up tall with good postural alignment can help with both breathing abilities as well as overall steadiness and can be improved by practicing certain postural alignment routines and senior balance exercises. Daily routines that involve equilibrium training go hand-in-hand with exercises involving postural alignment. As an example, one stability routine that you can practice in the comfort of your own home involves standing with your feet shoulder width apart and centering your body weight in the middle of your arches. As you perform this steadiness routine, imagine a straight plumbline going through the middle of your body into the Center spot in the middle of your arches. By imagining this plumbline you will both adopt an upright posture or position as well as improve the sensory input between your feet and the balance center in your brain. These two factors of having good upright posture and good sensory input from your feet will furthermore enhance your overall stability with all standing and walking activities. You can learn how to perform this postural alignment technique as well as many senior balance exercises by following the direction of a knowledgeable physical therapist in the exercise for balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To help improve your breathing and stability through better posture,  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

Stand tall and start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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