In golf balance is very important in your ability to play the game well and because of this is one of first problems people notice they have when playing. The problem here is that we have the idea that our balance is good until we do something that requires good balance and then we realize ...
Living with osteoarthritic (OA) knee pain can limit your mobility and keep you from doing many of the things you enjoy. Lifestyle choices are often the only things that need to be addressed for treating and managing OA knee pain. Exercise can help stretch and strengthen the knees, hips and leg muscles, improve balance and ...
Another sign of growing older (as if we needed another sign!) is that our balance is just not what it used to be. We trade our high-heeled shoes for flats and view climbing stairs from an entirely differently perspective, and for good reason. After age 30 our equilibrium begins to decline and our sense of ...
Using the stair climber sideways adds a unique spin to step exercise. I’m a certified personal trainer and have used the stair climber sideways – with my hands always free, never holding on; this is the correct way to do it. Most of the benefits of stepping this way are lost when you hold onto ...
If you need another reason to bemoan the awful aspects of the aging process, how about the obvious deterioration of our balance? At 48, I have personally noticed this phenomena happening in my own living experience. However, I’m not taking this new development of my aging process lying down. I have done a bit of ...
The following information has been gathered and compiled over a period of years, through personal experience, while traveling, teaching classes that include T’ai Chi, Qi Gong, herbal information, martial arts and other health related subjects. The article also contains feedback from students and anecdotal information from friends and readers of my columns. The following are ...
Many fitness professionals recommend multi-activity exercise programs that include aerobic or cardiovascular exercise to protect the heart and improve endurance, strength training to tone and build muscles, and stretching for flexibility and to help avoid injury. Exercises to improve balance are not usually mentioned, even though good balance can be just as important to overall ...