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/