Do You Want Your Life Back???

I'm finishing up two amazing Brains and Balance classes at Sun River church in Rancho Cordova and my students are thrilled with the results.  This awesome lady explains how the class changed her life but is giving her life back!

"This class is not just LIFE CHANGING, 

it's giving me LIFE BACK!

She's been living with neuropathy for over 10 years.  She went to multiple neurologists and physical therapists who told her there was nothing they could do for her.  Discouraged,  she stopped doing the things she loved.

Through sensory activation, she's gained control of her body and is hopeful about her future.  She still has peripheral neuropathy but she feels stable and is more aware of her body and knows how to move it.

Do you want your life back?  Do you want to do the things you love again?  If so, join me in one of my Brains and Balance Training classes.  Lots of classes scheduled for spring and summer.
If you can't make classes, I can come to you for private sessions.   And thanks to technology, we can even do some training online!

Your brain controls everything, learn how to active different parts of your brain for better movement. After all, movement is life and it's time to start living.

Your belly button and balance

What does your belly button have to do with your balance and what in the heck is belly button training???

One definition of balance is keeping your belly button over your feet whether you're walking or standing still (Dr. Debra Rose, Director Center for Successful Aging, Creator of FallProof).   This is because your belly button is your center of gravity and your feet are your base of support.  Belly button training is learning to keep your belly button over your feet at all times.

Balance, like aging, is different for each of us because we have all lived different lives, made different choices and face different challenges.  Also, we all have different belly buttons!

In my Brains and Balance training classes, I teach belly button training to increase people's awareness of their center of gravity and how to move in such a way to keep their belly button over their feet.  I assign evidence-based Stepping On balance training drills for homework.

The only way to improve your balance is to continuously challenge yourself.  Since everyone starts with different abilities and challenges, there are modification and progressions that everyone needs to know when trying to improve their balance.

Don't wait for an accident, enroll today so you can learn how to keep your belly button over your feet!!!

82 yo Widow Overcomes Fear of Falling

The oldest member of my recent Brains and Balance class lived in fear of falling.  Many older adults live with the fear of falling because they fear that a fall is the beginning of the end.  Most people who live alone live in fear of falling and not being able to get up from the floor.  The thought of lying on the floor for hours or days, scares some people so much that they limit their daily activities.  They quit doing things they enjoy and things that need to be done for fear of slipping or tripping.

This is the beginning of a vicious cycle because the less you do, the weaker you become.  The weaker you become,  the greater the risk of falling.   This is known as the cycle of fear.

Fear of falling is a recognizable psychological condition that happens after a fall.  A little fear is a good thing but when your fear of falling interferes with your daily life, you need some help getting back on your feet.

My class student's daughter recognized this fear in her mother and brought her mom from Fresno to Sacramento to participate in my four-week brain-based balance training class.  

By the end of the second week, this 82 year old lady was sitting up straight, smiling and laughing in class.  In the third week of class, she walked through the obstacle course without her walker!  She was stopping and starting in response to verbal command and was no longer holding onto the counter when walking.   The last week, she was doing weight shifts with her eyes closed and throwing her arms back and forth while doing multi-planar lunges.  

On the last day of class, this amazing woman got up and walked eight feet with a steady, confident gait.  She announced to the class that she was no longer afraid of falling and that her daughter had to remind her to take her walker with her.  She has overcome the paralyzing fear of falling!

It's never too late to gain control of your body.  Learn how to react when losing your balance.  Be aware of your surroundings.  Practice drills that will increase your reaction speeds.   You do this with brain-based balance training.  Enroll in my Brains and Balance Training classes and change the way you live your life.  

Don't live in fear.  Live free.
Class schedule on my website:  www.thefallpreventionlady.com 

Have you ever tripped over your own toes???

If you've ever tripped over your own toes, you want to do this ridiculously easy exercise, seated rather than standing!

In this video demonstration, Kelly (aka, The Fall Prevention Lady) demonstrates how to strengthen the muscles responsible for picking up the toes!  This muscle group atrophies with age (meaning it naturally gets weaker and less able to function with the aging process), so it's crucial that you USE THIS MUSCLE OR YOU WILL LOSE THIS MUSCLE.

Vimeo link:  Don't Trip Over Your Own Toes!!!

I just turned 50 in January and even though I'm a 'youngster' compared to my clients, I'm still at risk of falling with each passing birthday.
My message to you is that you're never too old or too young to start doing these maintenance
exercises if you want to remain independent and able.

IF you don't want to trip over your toes, pick them up!!!!

The Fall Prevention Lady.

Mark your calendars for Tuesday mornings starting in April for
"Coffee Talk with The Fall Prevention Lady"!
7am, PST
9am, CST
10am, EST.

Don't trip, pick em up!
The Fall Prevention Lady