Wishing You A Merry Christmas From Exercise For Balance

Senior Balance Exercises For A Safe Christmas

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

   All of us at Exercise For Balance would like to send warm wishes to you and your family during this holiday season. We also want to encourage you to remember to practice your   senior balance exercises during the holidays to keep from falling and to avoid succumbing to a fall and injury from a fall. Please see more information at http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now

I truly hope you have a splendid time with your family as you celebrate the holidays in your own special way.

 

Senior Balance Exercises --A Daily Way Of Life

    For older adults, rehearsing senior balance exercises, even during holidays festivities, will help you stay mindful of applying good stability techniques to avoid falling during all movement activities.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To learn more about how to have good stability with movements, 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  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

Don't wait another day. Start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.

For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/

Footwear For Senior Balance Exercises

Safety With Senior Balance Exercises

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

   What shoes you wear during participating in senior balance exercises can make a difference with your proficiency and stability. Please see more information at  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Footwear can make a big difference with steadiness during standing and walking activities. Footwear helps support a person’s balance, which reduces the chances of slipping, tripping, and falling.
According to a new study, up to 83% of older people wear the wrong type of shoes, including not using the correct size. This results in foot disorders, pain, and increased risk of falling. To reduce the risk of a falling, elders in our physical therapy clinic are often advised to wear sturdy shoes. Up to 70% of elders who fall are wearing athletic shoes, oxfords or loafers, the kinds of shoes that are commonly considered sturdy and thus safe.  Many times in some cases, these shoes are the cause of the fall. For example, the shoes elders select for safety can sometimes place them at greater risk of:
* Slips and trips
* Poor balance
* Unsafe walking patterns
* Difficulty in judging whether walking surfaces are slippery. 
So, which types of shoes increase fall risk? Examples of inappropriate footwear include:

* Loose, worn or backless slippers. These are one of the most common causes of falling.

* Slip-on shoes, such as sling backs or flip flops which can result in slipping and tripping.

* Shoes with slippery or worn soles, can cause slips, especially in wet weather.

* Shoes with a heel (higher than 1”), or with a narrow heel. High heels shoes lead to the risk of ankle turns, unstable balance, and falling.

* Wearing sneakers (with bulky rubber soles) that easily get caught or drag on the floor.

* Athletic shoes with flat or worn soles that are slippery on wet surfaces.

* Lastly, walking barefoot or in socks indoors also increases fall risk. 

A better option for older adults to use as footwear include sturdy shoes such as those which have a hard, slip resistant sole, which provides traction on both dry and wet surfaces. Look for shoes with midsoles that are sturdier and not too flexible to ensure better stability. Lightweight shoes are okay because they’re easier to walk in, but make sure they’re not surfaces. Look for shoes with midsoles that are sturdier and not too flexible to ensure better stability. Lightweight shoes are okay because they’re easier to walk in, but make sure they’re not too flimsy or have too much flexibility at the midsole. In addition to wearing sturdy shoes, aging individuals should also perform specific senior balance exercises to advance their stability and limit the possibility of a fall.

Senior Balance Exercises In Sturdy Shoes

     To increase your steadiness when you are on your feet, consider wearing sturdy footwear and try performing senior balance exercises as part of a regular routine.  One of the foundations of improving balance is to have a good base of support between our feet and the floor in order to enhance the sensory feedback from the feet to the balance center in the brain. For example, in tennis shoes or flat shoes we have lots of sensory input coming from the ground through our shoes into our feet. Tennis shoes or other types of sturdy walking shoes offer a nice wide base of support for our feet to improve steadiness.  Additionally, you can maximize your balance skills by rehearsing specific senior balance exercises every day by following along with the program in the exercise for balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

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    Older adults should 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 smart and start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/

Improve Walking With Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For Safe Walking

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

  Walking is a common and every day necessity for old as well as young folks and cane be made more steady by practicing senior balance exercises on a regular basis. Please see more detailed information at  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Technically speaking walking is a very complex motor program. Walking involves taking in sensory input from the feet, ankles and lower legs, processing the sensory input in the balance center in the brain. From there, the brain sends a message to the motor cortex to establish an appropriate signal to specific muscles in the legs. This motor command is sent via nerves to the muscles in the legs to stimulate muscles to contract, produce force and create a walking pattern. As you can see, walking is very complex on many levels. In addition, as we age, there are natural changes that occur that can effect the ability to walk smoothly or in a coordinated and balanced fashion. As an example, older individuals generally experience stiffness in their ankles that diminishes their stability and walking abilities. Furthermore, as we age, we often undergo changes that lead to muscle atrophy and weakness. With weaker muscles, sometimes it is more difficult for an aging person to lift their foot high enough to clear a step or a curb. As a result, many senior citizens fall on stairs or curbs. Other changes that can effect walking include having numbness in the feet, which leads to instability and a greater risk for falling. Older people with peripheral or diabetic neuropathy suffer with numbness in their feet, creating a higher possibility of falling. Surprisingly, eye sight can also impact ones' ability to walk. As we age, most individuals experience a decline in their visual acuity or depth perception. Not being able to see clearly can cause several problems for those in the aging population. For example, many aged folks who suffer with poor vision shuffle their feet, leading to a greater risk of tripping and falling. Furthermore, older persons with low visual acuity often step on objects like a shoe or book on the floor and that can throw them off balance.  So as you can see, there are numerous variables that can effect walking, balance, coordination and the ability to gait without falling. Thankfully, the ability to walk with a steady gait can be enhanced for aging individuals by practicing specific senior balance exercises on a consistent basis.

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Senior Balance Exercises For Better Walking

   TO ELEVATE YOUR STABILITY WITH WALKING, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS RECOMMED THAT YOU PERFORM senior balance exercises EVERYDAY. Walking routines can involve starting at a comfortable, easy pace with your feet in a wider spaced stance. You can make your walking program more difficult by  speeding up your pace with walking. Additionally, you can advance your steadiness skills by trying to walk along a line in a tandem fashion where one foot follows directly in front of the other foot, touching the heel and toe together. The best way to practice these walking routines at home is to follow along  with the Exercise For Balance DVD, developed by a knowledgeable Physical therapist.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To 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

Walk steady by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/

Good Balance for Walking

Key Movement And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For Safe Movement

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

   Moving safely is a key ingredient to healthy living for older individuals and can be accomplished by adding a dose of physical fitness combined with practicing senior balance exercises to each day. Please see more information at http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Recently, medical researchers have published informative studies on improving health for older adults by staying active and by keeping balance techniques in mind with all movement activities. Medical scientists are finding that physical activity is a key component to healthy living. According to the American Physical Therapy Association, physical therapy interventions can be effective in "resetting the aging clock of the human body." (Richard Shields, PT, PhD, FAPTA). Shields remarks in regards to the physical therapy profession includes:

Discussing the future of the physical therapy profession at "micro" and "macro" levels, Shields said that for much of the profession's history physical therapists have remained in the center of this continuum. "But the frontiers of our profession lie at the extremes. Those are the places we must travel if we wish to truly transform society by optimizing movement," he said, alluding to APTA's vision for the profession—"Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience." On the micro level, Shields said that physical therapist interventions "are powerful regulators of genes that activate the energy systems" that can reduce the rate at which cells and tissues age. These movement-based interventions trigger cellular changes "in ways that the pharmaceutical industry"—if not Doc and Hermione—"can only dream about." Shields explained how, upon contraction, skeletal muscle is more than "a mere force vector." It also releases proteins known as myokines into the blood stream, where they regulate genes in cells throughout the body. Frequent movement, then, promotes the expression of healthy genes and represses the expression of genes that can damage tissues. And while the effect is to slow biological aging in cells and tissue, the benefits are not for only the already aged; they can be applied across the lifespan. Shields said that although PTs and PTAs "most often think about strength, endurance, coordination, and function; the cellular changes that we trigger are the most fundamental ways that we improve the health and well-being of humankind." Shields explained that it's possible to estimate how many healthy genes are being blocked as a function of a person's age, injury, immobility, or disease. "It is our role as physical therapists to prescribe interventions that unblock the genes that are health-promoting," Shields said. In line with the comments that Shields makes in regards to promoting cellular function with physical activity, other healthcare professionals agree that movement activities should include a foundation of senior balance exercises, in order to enhance stability and minimize the risk of falling with all fitness regimes.

Senior Balance Exercises For Better Health

    One key component to maximizing your quality of life  and optimal health is to avoid falling by rehearsing senior balance exercises every day. To maintain an ongoing healthy lifestyle and to Keep your activity level up, one of the best stability routines is standing one one foot for about twenty seconds, three times on each foot. This single leg standing equilibrium routine will enable  you to establish adequate steadiness for all your movement activities. You can progress this single leg standing routine by doing the exercise standing on a soft surface like a couch cushion or really thick piece of carpet.  You can further promote standing exercises by performing them on balance equipment like a balance board or BOSU. Once you feel more confident with standing routines, you can enahnce your walking abilities by doing tandem walking where you walk along a line in a heel to toe manner. Both single leg standing and tandem walking exercises will prepare you to be able to perform activities of daily living at home like house cleaning or cooking or outdoor activities like hiking, brisk walking, playing tennis or many other healthy events. You can find out how to practice these and other senior balance exercises correctly by joining in with the instruction from a knowledgeable Physical Therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

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    To optimize your health, 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 healthy by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/

Fitness Training And Senior Balance Exercises

Fitness Routines With Senior Balance Exercises

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

  One of the key components for older folks to stay healthy  is to participate in fitness activities starting with senior balance exercises. Please see more information at   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Recently, medical researchers have shared specific data that points to the benefits of staying physically active in later years. For example, the Journal of Gerontology reported on the physiological effects of a month long program of specific endurance training conducted with a group of individuals whose average age was 70 years old. The medical researchers results indicated that these older subjects had a reduction in circulatory stress, which was evidenced by decreases in heart work pulse, in systolic blood pressure after exercise and in blood lactate concentrations. The author Barry, Page, et al who carried out this experiment found that at its conclusion the work load limit of the 70-year-old citizens was 76% higher than it was the month before they began to exercise. Furthermore, The study showed that the subjects improved their oxygen uptake and pulmonary ventilation. Additionally, the study revealed that the older individuals experienced an improvement in their post exercise systolic blood pressure and post exercise blood lactate level. To summarize this medical research, these authors have shown that endurance training has substantial benefits for the heart and long organs. These medical researchers as well as healthcare professionals like doctors, nurses and physical therapists recommend that older individuals initiate their endurance training program with senior balance exercises in order to develop adequate stability for their exercise routines.

Senior Balance Exercises For Safe Workouts

   Older adults who want to stay healthy later in life are encouraged to participate in fitness regimes as well as leg strengthening routines and senior balance exercises. Endurance training can include brisk walking, bike riding and other forms of fitness that increases ones heart rate and respiratory rate. To prepare for endurance training, it is best to begin with equilibrium routines. The first step is to initiate static steadiness routines like standing on one foot. single leg standing involves standing on one foot for twenty seconds, three times on each foot. You can progress to dynamic stability routines like dynamic, challenged walking. On example of challenged walking is tandem walking. Tandem walking involves walking down a hallway where you are walking along a line. these Balance exercises can improve balance by increasing the body's quickness with balance reactions. Balance training  can maximize the brain and body connection so the ankles are more efficient at adjusting to a rapid change in the body's center of gravity. Stability exercises help you gain footing on different surfaces like  with uneven terrain for hiking or with walking on wet, slippery sidewalks with the dog. Equilibrium routines   done everyday can prepare you for more advanced activities such as tennis, golf, skiing or taking a spin on a zip line. Equilibrium routines can also prepare you for endurance training activities.  As you advance balance, you will feel more confident at home and outside the home, allowing  you to enjoy activities and enhance your quality of life. You can learn how to perform these senior balance exercises by joining in with the demonstration in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    Before starting your endurance training,  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 healthy by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/

Trick Or Treat- Stay On Your Feet

Senior Balance Exercises For October 31

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

  To stay safe on this October 31st day, Exercise For Balance encourages older folks to practice senior balance exercises before entering into the trick or treat zone. Please see more detailed information at   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Many times activities for Halloween increase in both intensity, frequency, complexity and duration. Many older adults, grandparents, aunts, uncles and parents  are recruited to escort younger cohorts to canvass the neighborhood. Most of the time, these escapades occur at night or at dusk, which limits good visibility. Having good vision, visibility, and lighting, is one of the main keys to having good balance and to prevent falls. With that in mind, be sure to take a flashlight with you as you stroll the streets tonight. Secondly, be sure to mind your step while you are out tonight. Many times, aging individuals experience a fall secondary to tripping on a curb or uneven sidewalk. In addition to the challenges of walking the neighborhood at night, senior citizens who stay at home tonight are often beckoned to the front door time and again. Unfortunately, older adults often fall in their homes and experience secondary issues like breaking an arm or hip.  To make your way safely to the front door, be sure to remove any items of clutter on the floor. That means  you should take time during the day to pick up any shoes, dog toys, books, magazines or other items that you could trip and fall over. Additionally, either remove or secure any throw rugs to make sure that you don't catch your toe on the edge and fall. See more at https://youtu.be/RbGfNCPNa30

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Senior Balance Exercises For Fall Prevention

  To stay safe and prevent falling, first perform certain senior balance exercises to boost your stability. Whether you stroll the neighborhood with kids tonight or answer the door for those who visit your home, be sure to get your stability training in before you are called to duty. Rehearsing specific stabilizing routines will prepare you for the challenges that you may encounter later in the evening. Medical scientists have proven that practicing balance routines can help aging individuals improve their steadiness and reduce their frequency of falling. One of the best ways to accomplish rehearsing equilibrium routines in the comfort of your own home is to join in with the demonstration by a knowledgeable physical therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD. The balance DVD will take you through pertinent stability routines which will help keep you safe during this busy night.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To stay safe tonight,  get started on a course of the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The healthcare provider recommended 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

Stay safe by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/

Balance training for walking at dusk

Mobility Teams And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For Moving Well

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

   Staying mobile and healthy is a critical component of healthy living for older adults and can be benefitted by participating in movement activities including physical fitness, leg strengthening routines and senior balance exercises. Please see more pertinent information at  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Health professionals in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and physical therapy clinics have been working tirelessly to find ways to keep older individuals from falling and injuring themselves. Fall prevention is an essential component of healthcare for many reasons. Falling and injuries from falls is damaging in many ways. Falls are incredibly expensive, costing several hundreds of millions of dollars in healthcare costs. Falls wreck havoc on the aging person's quality of life, limiting their mobility, stability, independence and overall health. Injuries from falling can lead to a hip or wrist fracture, surgery and possibly placement in a nursing home. To combat falling, hospitals in particular have set up extensive fall prevention programs. Lately, however, hospitals have come under fire for the methods they are using for fall prevention.  The JAMA recently published The 'False Dichotomy' of Hospital Falls Prevention vs Mobility Promotion. Hospitals that keep patients immobile as a way of preventing falls are engaging in a "false dichotomy" that can be damaging in the long-term, argue authors of a "Viewpoint" article published recently in JAMA Internal Medicine (preview only available for free). In fact, they write, programs that promote mobility with supervision "may actually help to prevent injurious falls" more effectively than those that encourage patients to stay in bed. Current federal payment policies penalize hospitals for certain hospital-acquired conditions, including falls resulting in injuries. While well-intended, these policies have had "unintended consequences" for patient mobility, function, and quality of life, according to authors Matthew E. Growdon, MD, MPH; Ronald I. Shorr, MD, MS; and Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH. Patient immobility contributes greatly to "post-hospital syndrome," in which patients are at risk for functional decline, adverse events, and readmission to the hospital. Instead, the authors advocate for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to "develop quality measures that promote mobility as part of routine clinical care"—including early mobilization protocols, documenting how often patients are out of bed, and use of patient accelerometers instead of bed or chair alarms to monitor patient movement. Despite widespread implementation of hospital falls-prevention efforts over the past 20 years, authors write, evidence shows the rate of "injurious falls" has not declined significantly in the United States. As result, medical researchers as well as healthcare providers suggest at aging individuals perform certain senior balance exercises on a daily basis to boost their balance abilities.

Senior Balance Exercises To Prevent Falls

    Medical researchers have shown that regular routines of strengthening and balance exercises enhance overall steadiness and diminishes the potential of falling.  Since Falls among the elderly represent a major economic and social problem, Falls themselves and the belief that one might fall in fall-risk situations can result in restriction of mobility and activity, feelings of helplessness, loss of confidence, depression, and institutionalization. There is now good evidence that multifactorial interventions conducted by health professionals with skills in geriatric medicine can prevent falls. Multifaceted interventions have generally been consistent in showing an effect, particularly if they are targeting persons at risk and include several intervention approaches, including equilibrium exercises such as single leg standing and tandem walking and lower leg strengthening exercises like calf raises and squats. You can learn these specific senior balance exercises and appropriate leg strengthening routines by following the direction of an experienced Physical Therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To prevent falls, 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.
For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/

Tight Muscles And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For  Tight Muscles

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

   Muscle tightness and pain can effect the way we walk and the ability to move with necessary stability, which can be helped by focusing on senior balance exercises as well as relaxing movement activities. Please see more information at  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now In this day and age, many older individuals complain of tight muscles, especially in the lower leg calf muscles. Often aging adults describe experiencing severely painful cramps in their calf muscles in the later evenings or when they are trying to sleep. In conjunction, often times these older folks have stiff ankle joints. Both these conditions of tight muscles and stiff ankle joints can negatively effects ones steadiness and lead to a greater risk for falling and being injured from a fall. Many times senior citizens experience tight muscles because they have had a chronic situation where their muscles are always "on" for 24 hours a day. Even when they are hanging out, relaxing or enjoying themselves their shoulders, upper back, lower back or a calf muscles just won't seem to relax. Unfortunately, because of experiencing occurrences of previous physical trauma in their lives or overuse of repetitive activities of certain muscles, the muscles learn to stay contracted at all times and fail to be able to relax appropriately. This situation results in tight and painful muscles which creates stiffness at the joints. Furthermore, tight muscles and stiff joints lead to difficulties with overall daily mobility and decreased balance overall with all movement activities. As a result, older adults are encouraged by healthcare professionals like doctors, physician assistants, and physical therapists to perform specific senior balance exercises on a daily basis to help improve joint range of motion and overall steadiness.

Senior Balance Exercises To Be Steady

  To maintain steadiness with all movement activities, especially if you suffer with tight muscles and stiff joints, medical professionals recommend that you incorporate senior balance exercises with daily stretching, strengthening and relaxing movement activities. To limit the possibility of a fall and sustaining a spinal, wrist, shoulder or hip fracture, older adults are encouraged to perform senior balance exercises every day. As an example, you can rehearse an beginner equilibrium routine where you stand on one foot and slowly with specific intent move the other foot up and forwards, mimicking taking a step up onto a stair. This combination of a static and dynamic steadiness routine can be performed daily, as well as three times on each leg and can help avoid tripping or falling on stairs or curbs. Far too often, older adults catch their foot on a transition zone between carpet and hardwood floors or tile floors, resulting in a fall and most often a fractured bone. Now, in the comfort of your own home  You can learn how to rehearse this senior balance exercise and other steadiness routines as well as safety tips to keep from falling by joining in with the instruction from a knowledgeably Physical Therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

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    To be safe at home,  get started on a course of the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The healthcare provider recommended  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 and start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/

Shin Splints And Balance Exercises

 2 Balance Exercises For Shin Splints

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

   Shin splints can be a common malady for people who walk, run or participate in other weight bearing activities, but can be helped by following certain treatments and adding strengthening and  balance exercises to your fitness program. Please see more at     http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Signs and symptoms of shins splints, also known as Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome, can come on gradually and can often include tenderness, soreness or pain along the inner side of your shinbone and mild swelling in your lower leg. At first, the pain might stop when you stop exercising. Eventually, however, the pain can be continuous and might progress to a stress reaction or stress fracture. Generally, shin splints are caused by repetitive stress on the shinbone and the connective tissues that attach your muscles to the bone. There are several risk factors which can include:

You're a runner, especially one beginning a running program

You suddenly increase the duration, frequency or intensity of exercise

You run on uneven terrain, such as hills, or hard surfaces, such as concrete

You're in military training 

You have flat feet or high arches

Furthermore, there are several common activities that can lead to shin splints like playing basketball, doing high impact aerobics, running, jumping rope, playing tennis, playing on Astroturf or other hard surfaces. In addition, shin splints can be caused by Overpronation which occurs when the foot rolls inwards too much flattening the arch of the foot and causing the lower leg to rotate inwards. This in turn increases the stress on the soft tissues of the lower leg resulting in pain and inflammation. Over supination is where the foot rolls outwards too much during the time the foot is in contact with the ground. If you think you have suspected biomechanical issues then a professional can do gait analysis tests either with a treadmill or using force plates to determine this and whether corrective orthotic inserts for your shoes are needed. Inadequate footwear such as the wrong type of shoe for your running style or running shoes that are just too old and have lost their support and cushioning can cause injury. Over pronators may require a running shoe with a firmer midsole on the inside to reduce the amount of rolling in (known as a stability shoe or motion control shoe). Supinators usually require a neutral shoe with plenty of cushioning. A specialist running shop can advise. Increasing training too quickly is one of the more common causes of shin splints. Running on hard surfaces or on your toes as in sprinting and generally doing too much too soon will increase the risk of injury. Poor flexibility at the ankle can cause increased stress on the soft tissues, muscles and tendons of the lower leg when running. The calf muscles and in particular the tibialis posterior muscle may need stretching. Calf stretches of the use of a plantar fasciitis night splint can help. To minimize the risk of getting shin splints you can precede your fitness regime by performing specific lower leg strengthening exercises and balance exercises to develop strength and stability skills in targeted muscles.

 Balance Exercises For Shin Splints

     balance exercises  and strength training can help reduce the symptoms of shin splints. Since the balance system in the brain relies heavily on sensory feedback from the feet and ankles to help with balance reactions, stability exercises are important for people with weakness and pain from shin splints to practice every day to maximize their balance skills.  Specific balance training can help the individual learn to control their body center of weight in challenging balance situations.  You can work on centering your body weight in the middle of your feet with your eyes closed to develop necessary balance reactions. Additionally, you can perform calf raises to enhance both leg strength and steadiness. You can learn how to perform these balance exercises and strengthening routines by following the direction of a qualified Physical therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

 Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

[caption id="attachment_6391" align="alignright" width="150"] Learn how to perform balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD[/caption]
    To beat shin splint 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 general 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

Stop leg pain by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/

Compensation And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises And Heightened Senses

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

  Sensory input is an  essential component of stability and can be enhanced by performing certain  senior balance exercises. Please see more information at   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now  Medical scientists have discovered that individuals with loss in one sense have greater abilities in another sense. As an example, many people with vision loss including such gifted musicians as the late Doc Watson (an unbelievably talented guitar picker), Stevie Wonder, Andrea Bocelli, and the Blind Boys of Alabama are thought to have supersensitive hearing. They are often much better at discriminating pitch, locating the origin of sounds, and hearing softer tones than people who can see. Now, a new animal study suggests that even a relatively brief period of simulated blindness may have the power to enhance hearing among those with normal vision. To be specific, in a recent study, NIH-funded researchers at the University of Maryland in College Park, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, found that when they kept adult mice in complete darkness for one week, the animals ability to hear significantly improved. Furthermore, when they examined the animals brains, the researchers detected changes in the connections among neurons in the part of the brain where sound is processed, the auditory cortex. The new findings are surprising because such drastic changes in neural wiring were generally thought to occur only during a critical window of development in early childhood. That is why children are such quick learners. As we age, the brain becomes less plastic, which means its less adaptable and less capable of remodeling neural connections. But this new study suggests we may have underestimated the brain's ability to adapt in adulthood. With this in mind, medical researchers as well as healthcare providers recognize that older individuals who routinely practice senior balance exercises are also able to improve their balance reactions and overall steadiness to avoid falling and hurting themselves.

Senior Balance Exercises For Greater Stability

   Older adults who have a decreased sense of touch in their feet are encouraged to rehearse certain senior balance exercises to improve their steadiness and limit their risk of falling. when older folks have a decreased sense of touch from their feet to the floor, as in the case of folks with Diabetic Neuropathy or Peripheral Neuropathy, practicing stability routines is critical to reduce the potential of falling. To compensate for peripheral sensory abnormalities, older folks can rely more heavily on their sense of vision. For ambulating in the community like in a crowded grocery store or a park with uneven surfaces, paying attention to your foot placement and the positional alignment between your feet and the ground will enhance your sensory feedback to the balance center in your brain. By using a greater amount of visual sensory feedback, you will be more stable and able to walk on challenging surfaces. To maximize your balance abilities, You can practice certain senior balance exercises and stability techniques presented in the Exercise For Balance DVd and explained by a knowledgeable Physical Therapist.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

[caption id="attachment_6391" align="alignright" width="150"] Learn how to perform balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD[/caption]
    To maximize your stability, 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 steady by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/

Muscle Pain And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For Sore Muscles

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

   Many older adults experience muscle pain and joint stiffness on a regular basis, which can be alleviated by certain stretching routines, strengthening exercises and senior balance exercises. Please see more information at    http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now More and more we see an increasing number of aging individuals struggle with chronic muscular pain. If you take a look around, you can see that medications in the grocery store take up entire walls for painkillers designed to decrease muscle pain. Many "older weekend warriors" wind up in the doctors office suffering from muscle strains or chronic overuse injuries. Many older adults complain that their age is catching up with them as they experience muscle pain on a daily basis. Many times, this muscle pain becomes chronic in nature. According to a 2008 article in the Journal of American Medical Association, the cost of treating just back pain has risen to $85.9 billion. Back pain of the muscular nature is prevalent among many older adults. One of the things that helps to decrease back pain is to remain active with general strengthening and stretching exercises. In physical therapy, we have a slogan that "motion is lotion." This refers to the aspect of continually being active even in later years to help diminish joint stiffness and muscle pain. One of the best ways to stay safe with movement activities in later years is to practice senior balance exercises on a daily basis to make sure that you are stable during all your physical activity.

Senior Balance Exercises For Muscle Pain

     To prevent muscle pain, joint stiffness, falls and fractures due to falling, health professionals recommend that those in the aging population practice senior balance exercises as part of a daily physical fitness program. One equilibrium routine you can rehearse at a basic level is single leg standing, where you stand on one foot for about twenty seconds, three times on each leg. As you become proficient with single leg standing routines, you can advance to standing on one foot and moving the other foot forwards and backwards about twenty times and side to side about twenty times. This steadiness routine is a combination of static and dynamic balance skills that is needed in every day basic activities like walking or going up stairs. Once you develop adequate steadiness with your exercise routine, you can add in stretching exercises that will help alleviate muscle soreness. You can learn how to preform these steadiness routines and other senior balance exercises  by joining the instruction of a qualified physical therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    Those folks who suffer with chronic muscle pain are encouraged to first 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

Beat pain by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/

6 Sleep Issues And Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For Poor Sleep

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

   When you get a good night sleep you can feel like a million bucks but interrupted sleep can lead to grogginess, imbalance, falls and a need to practice senior balance exercises. Please see more information at      http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Sleep disorders are common among older individuals and can lead to annoying side effects like feeling tired, weak, rundown and off balanced. Interrupted sleep can secondarily contribute to imbalance and falls in the aging population. There are numerous things that can cause sleeping problems including:

•    Nervous system disorders, such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, can cause nighttime disorientation, wandering, and confusion.
•    Sleep disorders, such as restless legs syndrome (nighttime leg cramps) and sleep-disordered breathing (snoring and sleep apnea) occur more frequently in elders.
•    Pain can interfere with good sleep; disorders such as arthritis, bursitis, and spinal stenosis are associated with nighttime distress.
•    A number of conditions (such as bladder/prostate problems and certain heart conditions) are associated with nighttime need to toilet, which can interfere with sleep.
Medications
•    Insomnia is a side effect of many common medications, including antidepressants, antihypertensives, and anti-seizure drugs.
•    Stimulants (such as caffeine and nicotine) can interfere with falling asleep. Caffeine can be found in coffee, tea, cola drinks, chocolate, and some cold medicines.
•    Taking some medicines at night (such as water pills) may cause individuals to wake up in the middle of the night and toilet.
Emotional Disorders
•    Psychological factors, such as grief, depression, and anxiety can cause sleeplessness. In fact, psychological factors are more likely to cause insomnia than illness or medications. 

  When daybreak comes, people with insomnia often feel out of sorts and off balanced. As a result, medical professionals recommend that in addition to getting sleep disorders under control, older folks should also preform senior balance exercises to maximize their stability skills and limit their potential for a fall.

Senior Balance Exercises For troubles Sleeping

     For those individuals who struggle with sleeping through the night and who wake up groggy, weak and off-balance, medical professionals encourage that they rehearse specific senior balance exercises on a regular basis to enhance their overall steadiness and reduce their risk of falling. To help build general trunk and leg strength, older adults can practice simple standing exercises like mini squats or toe raises. These exercises can be performed by standing near a sink or counter and slowly lowering your body up-and-down as you bend your knees or raising your heels up off the floor to perform a calf raise exercise. By performing these leg strengthening routines for twenty repetitions every day, you will build strong leg muscles that help to provide stability during standing and walking activities. Furthermore, you can rehearse equilibrium routines like single leg standing where you stand on one foot for twenty seconds and repeat that routine three times on each leg. You can find simple explanations of how to perform the lower extremity strengthening and senior balance exercises by following the demonstration of a knowledgeable physical therapist in the exercise for balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    To boost your stability during the day, 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

Stay steady by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/

Participation With Senior Balance Exercises

Senior Balance Exercises For Functional Living

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

   Medical scientists are currently looking at ways to keep older adults healthy and mobile, including participating in strengthening and senior balance exercises. Please see more information at   http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now Medical researchers have established a working definition of participation in activities of daily living for aging individuals. In fact, the World Health Organization describes individuals' functioning at a societal level as ‘participation’. Participation is the term endorsed by the World Health Organization to describe individuals' functioning at a societal level. Defined as ‘involvement in life situations’ , participation is one of three components of function in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Participation restriction includes problems experienced in social interaction, employment, using transportation and community, social and civic life. Participation restriction has been identified in older adults, and the incidence of restriction is increased in individuals at risk of falling, those with a history of falls, or a fear of falling. This has implications for older adults, as participation outcomes are associated with health-related quality of life  and survival. In addition, individuals with health conditions likely to affect functioning (such as stroke and traumatic brain injury) report participation outcomes at the societal level are more important than outcomes at the anatomical/physiological level or the individual level of functioning. Furthermore, in regards to function in terms of mobility, falls are common and create a burden both on the individual and the community. Falls are often injurious and reduce functional ability, confidence, independence and autonomy. The large costs associated with older people falling will increase in the future and present a major problem for health systems and society. Evaluation of falls prevention interventions has focused on rate of falls, impairment of body function (e.g. strength, reaction time) and performance of tasks or activities. However, falls also affect the more complex aspects of functioning such as social participation, which will impact profoundly on the older individual, their caregivers and society. Medical scientists as well as healthcare providers like doctors, physician assistants and physical therapists, have learned that aging individuals who participate in senior balance exercises on a regular basis improve their stability and reduce their capacity for falling.

Senior Balance Exercises For Function

   Aging individuals who practice senior balance exercises can enhance their steadiness with movement activities and limit their possibility of a fall. Since Falls among the elderly represent a major economic and social problem, medical researchers and medical providers have been looking for ways to help older folks decrease their risk for falling.  Falls themselves and the belief that one might fall in fall-risk situations can result in restriction of mobility and activity, feelings of helplessness, loss of confidence, depression, and institutionalization. There is now good evidence that multifactorial interventions conducted by health professionals with skills in geriatric medicine can prevent falls. Multifaceted interventions have generally been consistent in showing an effect, particularly if they are targeting persons at risk and include several intervention approaches, including senior balance exercises such as single leg standing and tandem walking and lower leg strengthening exercises like calf raises and squats. You can learn these specific senior balance exercises and appropriate leg strengthening routines by following the direction of an experienced Physical Therapist in the Exercise For Balance DVD.

Senior Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

[caption id="attachment_6391" align="alignright" width="150"] Learn how to perform balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD[/caption]
    To participate safely in activities of daily living, get started on a course of the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The healthcare provider recommended  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

Walk steady by starting balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
For more information see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health-information/