Improve Balance and Decrease Stress
Many older adults who fall suffer a loss of not only mobility as a result of injuries, but also a loss of confidence in their ability to prevent future falls. This fear of falling can be debilitating, and often results in the person reducing their physical activity levels. Though this might seem like a safe strategy, it can lead to a downward spiral of physical deconditioning, increasing instability and greater fear.
New research concludes that exercise is an effective intervention strategy in reducing the risk of falling and/or the rate of falling in older adults living independently. One of my favorite exercise classes - Ai Chi - has been clinically shown to increase balance in older people, and to decrease fear of falling.
Come join us for a class! There are many different kinds of balance to be found when participating in Ai Chi: physical, emotional and spiritual. As Jun Konno, the creator of Ai Chi notes: “The physical benefits are excellent, but the power to survive another stress-filled day is incredible. Ai Chi offers that sigh we give when we are at peace.”
New research concludes that exercise is an effective intervention strategy in reducing the risk of falling and/or the rate of falling in older adults living independently. One of my favorite exercise classes - Ai Chi - has been clinically shown to increase balance in older people, and to decrease fear of falling.
Come join us for a class! There are many different kinds of balance to be found when participating in Ai Chi: physical, emotional and spiritual. As Jun Konno, the creator of Ai Chi notes: “The physical benefits are excellent, but the power to survive another stress-filled day is incredible. Ai Chi offers that sigh we give when we are at peace.”
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