How's Your Balance?

How's Your Balance?

How’s Your Balance? A simple test to find out... Heal th & Fitness The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body

Here’s a simple test for you: Can you close your eyes and stand steady on one leg for 10 seconds? If not, then your balance is not up to par. Your ability to balance is an incredibly complex action that requires millions of nerves and hundreds of muscles to work together to help you move and stop you from falling over on your face. Many people think having poor balance happens in just older people. However, poor balance is one of the leading causes for sports injuries, chronic back pain and much more. Having poor balance often goes undetected until it is very severe and puts one at exceptional risk for injury. It is even worse for older adults, especially over age 65, of which one third fall each year. People who experience a fall are at increased risk for future falls too. Major injuries, including fractures, head trauma, and soft tissue injuries, occur in about 10% of individual falls. However, minor injuries are much more common. Balance and walking progressively decline as you age. There can be fears of going up steps or curbs, walking on grass or walking in dark areas of your house. One reason is joint stiffness and weakness in muscles of the hips, lower extremities and feet. When there is a loss of the mobility in the ankle joint and multiple joints of the foot, you cannot adapt well to uneven terrain.

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Chris attended Western Washington University where he received his Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology. Duringhis time inPuyalluphe is involved with sports andmusic programs as well as volunteering at Good Samaritan in the Rehabilitation clinic. In his spare time Chris enjoys being outdoors with family and friends.

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Exercise Essentials

Helps Your Balance

SINGLE LEG STANCE Stand on one leg and maintain your balance. Next, hold your leg out in front of your body. Then return to original position. Maintain a slightly bent knee on the stance side.

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New Year, New Benefits! With the beginning of the new year comes the renewal of your health insurance benefits! Make sure that you understand your out-of-pocket costs for your insurance so that there are no surprise bills or limits. This also means that you can again use benefits which you had exhausted in the previous year! Want to kick off the year right by getting your body feeling great? Give us a call and we can help you check out your PT benefits!