Senior Balance Exercises Help With Gardening

Senior Balance Exercises Aid With Gardening

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

  Gardening is one of the best ways to enjoy the great outdoors in a relaxing and satisfying way and performing senior balance exercises ahead of time will help you to stay steady and keep you from toppling over. Please see more information at  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now All around us these days the beautiful world around us in greening up. Thankfully, we have made it to that time of the year when  Winter turns to Spring and the trees and plants start to bud. As a result, now is time to practice specific equilibrium routines to stay safe while working in the garden.  Gardening is a fantastic activity that enhances physical, emotional and mental well being. Gardening can be very satisfying as you watch beautiful flowers bloom and grow and trees blossom under your tender care. Gardening, however, involves many various movements and positions, which necessitate having good balance. Gardening activities can include weeding, raking, clipping bushes, picking up bags of clippings, planting bushes or seeds, mowing and moving dirt or rocks just to name a few activities. To participate in the joys of  gardening, an individual must maintain their steadiness while

- bending over to the ground

-reaching up or down

-lifting bags of mulch or fertilizer

-dragging hoses

-pulling weeds, pulling weeds, pulling weeds

-pushing a lawn mower

-stepping on or over rocks, railroad ties, pavers and various other items

    Consequently, in order to prevent falling during these challenging activities, it is essential to practice certain senior balance exercises to develop adequate stability before heading out to the garden.

Senior Balance Exercises For Safety In The Garden

   To reduce the prospect of a fall while gardening, please consider performing senior balance exercises as part of a regular stretching, strengthening and cardiovascular fitness regime. As an example, you can practice standing on one foot, stepping over pole placed on the floor or bending down to touch the floor to practice your steadiness moves. You can learn which stability routines to perform by following along with a qualified physical Therapist who explains in simple detail how to practice senior balance exercises in the exercise for balance dvd.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    enjoy your gardening by getting 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 gardening by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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