Showing posts with label seniors and stability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seniors and stability. Show all posts

Friday, May 18, 2012

Need to improve your stability? Go to home base!

I want you to think about something.   Where is all your weight when you are "just standing there?  
Do you....
  • Shift all your weight to one leg
  • Have most of your weight on your heels or on your toes? 
  • Are you equally balanced on both feet? 
There's a place I call homebase and this is the safest place to be whether you are sitting or standing.  (Yes, your homebase goes with you when you stand up!).  

Everyone has a homebase and becoming familiar with it can prevent you from falling.  I have written about this "HOMEBASE" in my new book, The Complete Guide to Fall Prevention. 

As a balance and mobility instructor, I have worked with hundreds of older adults and I believe that it is essential that you know where your homebase is and go there everytime you stand up or sit down if you want to improve your stability.

I caught myself when I was washing the dishes this weekend and I couldn't it believe where my homebase was... I was standing off balance.  And I'm the Fall Prevention Lady!

I heard it takes 66 days to form a new habit (it has gone up from the original 3 weeks that it has been for years.  Well, I guess we're a slow learners!  You want to start going to homebase today so you can prevent a fall in the future.  

Yes I want to go to homebase!  Order HERE!