Balance exercises: Balance happens in the brain. Scientific evidence suggests that our habitual practice of wearing shoes limits the necessary sensory feedback to our brain. When we walk or exercise bare-footed, our brain receives many different kinds of imput especially on uneven surfaces. Shoes are relatively flat which spreads the stimulus, limiting how touch guides our foot control. As we get older we use walking sticks and frames, which further hastens the decline because we are not exercising our brain
Give yourself a check-up and investigate and understand fully how you need to change your many of the action you do.
Ask yourself these Questions...
• Do you bend over to sweep the floor or vacuum?
• Do you walk with your toes pointing out to the side?
• Do you lean over your computer?
• Do you bend over to pick things up off the floor or even bend forways to pull your socks up?
• Do you sit or stand with poor posture?
• Do you do sit-ups or crunches?
• Do you do step aerobics?
• Do you kick-box?
• Do you door floor exercises, moving legs sideways and twisting around?
• Do you bike-ride, bending forward towards the handlebars?
• Do you slouch on the couch?
• Do you play golf?
• Do you play tennis without moving the whole body for a backhand stroke?
• Do you lie in bed or on the couch for more than 9 hours a day?
• Do you lift objects weighing more than 4 kilos?
• Do you lean forward when you are getting up from a chair?
All of these situations are potentially dangerous for someone with low bone density. You will be able to rectify some of these situations, but not all. So, sadly, some must be eliminated while you adopt a reliable exercise program . Looking for Safe Exercises? Click
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Before you go the the EXERCISES which begin at the the LINK at the bottom of this page, please read the following information. It's important. Some people look down to their feet while walking which also blocks the stimulus, because we’re not getting information from our brain to our feet and back again. We are also in this case relying on our visual stimulus. This process is called bio feedback. We need to stop looking down and carefully practice “listening to our feet” so they can re-learn to make a new improved brain map. It’s never too late to improve.
There’s a familiar saying that not only refers to one part of your anatomy, which suggests: IF YOU DONT USE IT, YOU LOSE IT. So, get cracking with some balance exercises!
These exercises can be as simple as standing barefooted on one foot. Taking your shoes off is important. So, when you’re cutting up the carrots for dinner, stand for a while on one foot. Then do so on the other foot. You’ll feel all those little muscles in your feet working well.
Once you've perfected your carrots routine, you'll be looking for something a little more challenging, this exercise on the left is excellent - and good fun! This PIC is the starting position. Progress from this position to each of the positions at the top of the page.
Good balance and good posture go hand in hand. Improving balance will improve core strength, especially if you also do some of our
Core Strength Exercises.
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Some people look down to their feet while walking which also blocks the stimulus, because we’re not getting information from our brain to our feet and back again.Theseeasy Balance Exercises of chinese origins develop this grounding.
Your BALANCE exercises continue here at this link:
Below is a 2 minute VIDEO for Balance Exercises....
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