A home-based anti-fall workout for seniors
Are you worried about losing your balance, falling, and injuring yourself? Falls are the leading cause of injury, emergency room visits, and hospitalizations for seniors in North America, reducing independence and accelerating the need for long-term care.
The good news is that you can reduce the risk of falling with easy-to-learn exercises.
Balance Exercises for Fall Prevention offers comprehensive information, exercises, and tips on how to improve balance, coordination, and mobility, and reduce the risk of falls for seniors.
Prevent falls and improve your overall health. This comprehensive guide is designed for seniors and offers a range of exercises that can be done from the comfort of your own home, using just a chair. With clear instructions and modifications for different abilities, you'll be able to tailor your workout to meet your needs and achieve your goals. It is a home-based fall prevention workout that doesn't require special equipment, sweating, or getting down on the floor.
Benefits: Following the exercises in this book will result inimproved balance, coordination, and mobility, increased muscle and bone strength, better posture and flexibility, reduced risk of falls, and enhanced overall health and well-being.Features: Exercises are divided into three groups: standing, seated, and lying (on the floor or your bed). This book includes a series of workout plans, to help guide you through eight workouts that focus on balance, posture, strength, and flexibility. The gentle workouts are a combination of seated and lying or standing exercises, while the advanced workouts only comprise standing exercises. It also includes a summary table of exercises by fall prevention goal (balance, posture, strength and/or flexibility), as well as mini tables with each exercise.Target audience: This book is geared to seniors who want to work on their balance at home. The workouts don't require special equipment, sweating, or getting down on the floor. Easy-to-follow instructions: Each exercise includes step-by-step instructions, basic illustrations, and modifications for different abilities. Most of the exercises also include guidance on how to visualize the movement, to further buil