REUNA FITNESS LLC
  • Home
  • Services
  • About
  • Contact
  • Blog
Reuna Fitness LLC

FITNESS AND WELLNESS BLOG

Written by Shannon Bradbury - a midlife, "midsize" personal trainer

Keeping Your Balance

5/4/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
Did you know…
  • Insufficient sleep can decrease your ability to balance and this effect is greater in older populations.
  • A person gets "falling down drunk" due to a structure in the inner ear that floats when it becomes soaked in alcohol (Balance: a dizzying journey through the science of our most delicate sense by Carol Svec)
  • One in four people over the age of 65 fall each year and over half of all falls occur at home – CDC

Balance, put simply, is the ability to maintain your center of gravity.  It involves strength & stability of the foot, ankle and trunk as well as input from the eyes (visual), inner ear (vestibular system), joints and muscles (proprioceptors).  All these systems work together to help us stay upright.

The visual system is really important when it comes to maintaining balance, which is why you can feel wobbly when you get up to go the bathroom in the dark and why your balance can change depending on where you focus your eyes. The vestibular system sends signals to the brain that is related to our head position, orientation in space, and motion. If the vestibular system is “off”, you may feel dizzy and unable to maintain balance.  This system isn’t as efficient when we get older explaining why I no longer enjoy roller coasters or curvy roads!

Age-related changes in muscle mass, motor neurons, the vestibular system, eyesight, and even blood pressure can result in balance difficulties, thus leading to an increase in falls in older populations. However, just because these changes happen naturally doesn’t mean we can’t slow the process and make improvements.

Read More
0 Comments

    Archives

    December 2022
    November 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    February 2022
    September 2021
    May 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    April 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    September 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    Adenomyosis
    Anxiety
    Balance
    Beauty
    Birthday
    Cardio
    Circuit
    Daily Task
    Dogs
    Endometriosis
    Exercise
    Failure
    Fall
    FAQ
    Fitness Myths
    Food
    Food Guilt
    Goals
    Habits
    Holiday
    Holidays
    Hysterectomy
    Injury
    Jazzercise
    Milestones
    Mindset
    Pain
    Personal Experience
    Personal Training
    Quick Workout
    Self Acceptance
    Stay-At-Home
    Supplements
    Weight Loss
    Wellness Tips
    Women's Fitness

  • Home
  • Services
  • About
  • Contact
  • Blog