Health elixir sense of balance, prevent falls and injuries - ANSA.it

(ANSA) – Rome, February 26 – The loss of balance begins at age 40 and falls have high consequences in terms of mortality and disability. Tests and exercises ensure vigilant balance even in old age and are now considered the new elixir of youth recommended for young people, along with aerobics and fitness. This was reported in the Wall Street Journal noted that, in the U.S., every 17 seconds a person over 65 was admitted to the emergency department because of a fall and every 30 minutes dies from the effects of trauma, according to data from the Centers of Disease Control and prevention.

fitness for balance is based on a mix of movements that are inspired by methods used in clinics for rehabilitation, such as the Tinetti test and the Berg Balance scale.

“These techniques should be carried out from 30 years onwards, “said Jason Jackson, a physiotherapist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York that the U.S. daily show trials and movements in a video. The test to assess to what extent is their sense dell’equilibro goes from control how you get up from the chair without the help of arms as it still remains in balance after turning on themselves with their eyes closed and then opened. “The proprioception, which is the body’s ability to assess its position and then keep his balance, he trains walking on different surfaces, from grass path” says the specialist. You can improve the stability of the body even walking up and down stairs without using the handrail supports nor otherwise. The fall risk is assessed in the gym but also at home, standing on a bosu ball for, platform soft diffused in the temples of fitness, or on a couple of pillows, swinging the right leg and left arm back and forth, then lifting arms and repeating the exercise. How do you find it? You should be straight with no wobble.

To reduce the risk falls you can finally walk in a circle getting smaller and smaller, so that the curve becomes gradually narrower. (ANSA).