3 Ways to Improve Balance (for Seniors 60+)
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
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In this episode, Farnham's leading over-50's physiotherapist, Will Harlow, reveals a set of simple daily exercises that can be used to improve your balance! This episode is perfect for people over 50 who want to improve their balance without spending hours at the gym or at balance classes.
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Am 81 yes old and have recently started watching your videos. 😢you are fantasticand explain everything so clearly. Am following your suggested exercises and hope I will improve my walking and balance.
Keep up the good work, it is far more valuable to older people than you can possibly realise.
What I really love about all your videos is the explanation of the reason behind the exercise.
It is so good to have a very caring, young professional guiding us through great exercises that are so important dealing with our age related problems. .
The first exercise I thought easy, second exercise, well OK , by the third I had changed into a the original wobbling jelly & laughed & wobbled all over the place! More practise with that one.
Thank you 😂
Any way of buying a hardback of the book?
I went through the same. Stick with it and you'll have them all. ☺️💪
Will, thanks for your video's. I've ordered your book; it should arrive tomorrow. I'm 76 years old and at this point I'm still pretty active. However, I watched my father, who passed away several years ago at 94 years old, deteriorate over the years because he wouldn't do the things he needed to do to maintain his lifestyle. I don't want to end up like him. Thanks for helping us old people maintain active lives. BTW, I live in Concord, NC USA..
Thank you for ordering my book, I hope you find it packed with useful and interesting information! I'm sorry to hear about your father's passing and that he struggled in the years prior. Well done on the efforts you're making to focus on your health and to keep yourself active. I'm wishing you all the best :)
Your advice to get yourself checked: This reminded me of a time when I began losing my balance frequently - to the point of feeling as though gravity was no longer ‘vertical’. Went to GP after tipping over onto a wall heater; was thoroughly checked out for inner-ear problems, and GP recognised that a blood pressure pill I was taking had been leaching potassium from my system. Changed the meds, and gravity was soon back to vertical!
Thanks for sharing this info. Your GP sounds great. Glad you are better now. Take care.
Hi Linda, My husband has a similar problem of losing his balance. He takes Telmisartan for his blood pressure. Could you please tell me which medication you take for blood pressure. Thank you.
@@VasantiP Sorry Vasanti, I’m not medically qualified to give you any advice. There could be many reasons for your husband’s loss of balance: best thing would be for him to consult his own doctor.
@@lindaj5492 Thank you
Excellent
I have just discovered your videos. What a fantastic resource! Thank you so much! I love the clarity of your verbal explanations and your physical demonstrations.
I'm 76 and this is the most valuable balance advice I've so far received. My problem started becoming apparent 20 years ago and has progressively worsened. If I'd known then to do what this video taught me, I'd be much more stable today. Heartfelt thanks.
I just turned 80 and am in excellent health with good mobility. Nevertheless, for the first time in my life I have begun (in earnest) to pay attention to my balance and stability and to the health of my feet, all aspects of my health that I have more or less taken for granted previously, all of which have diminished perceptibly over the past 5 years as well. And just as I am getting stoked to act on this new health awareness I accidentally bumble into your excellent videos, which I have been gobbling up. I leave in September for an ambitious trip to Europe that will involve, as always, much walking. My goal is to integrate these balance exercises into my daily routine so that when September rolls around I am at a much improved level of balance and stability, not to mention safety. Thank you for these exercises, Will.
Me, too. Am 80. Will soon be going to a conference where there's going to be a lot of walking. Will's counsel and range of choices are great.
100% Excellent. All videos very well structured and progressive so it is easy to move to the next stage 🙂
Of course, doctors have said "You're just getting old" and "Learn to live with it". Then the prescription pad comes out!
I really don't want any of that and am so pleased to have found your site. Thank you; thank you! 🙂
Thank you so much for this. I've been doing the balancing on one leg for about three months now and was getting a bit smug, to find a video with the next step is amazing 🤩 I've got better balance now, at sixty, than in my twenties; just want to keep working on it so it stays 😅
This is a brilliant channel. All of the exercises that you demonstrate were recommended to me by my NHS physio but I love having a visual demo, it reminds me to di it properly and I also don't feel as if I'm doing it on my own. Thank you so very much Will.
P.S. I've bought the book. Excellent.
I’m 74 with double knee replacements since 2007. I don’t get on my knees, always uncomfortable even on mattresses. Last couple of years been falling. These exercises I will try. I walk around telling myself to pick up my feet. Last fall in November scared me pretty bad. Blowing leaves, stepped off a patio,, not deep and cleared, but somehow went down and hit a low stone bench. Little sratched beside eye and on top of ear. Bleeds some and black eye. Didn’t black out, no dizziness, didn’t hurt much either. I was lucky, could have been much worse. Really need to watch myself. Happy New Year!
Thank you so much for this. I’ve noticed lately that my balance is getting worse and - it’s never been that great in the first place. I’m going to try these exercises!
Fantastic! I am following you and doing the balance, been doing the walk for sometime, I am 99, and geriatrics “ wonder child” thank you for these videos,
Wow 99! And still fit & positive, your presence here is inspiring sir! 👍🏻🙏🏻
Skip to exercises that start at minutes 5, 7 and 9.
This has been amazing, I’m 51 and have had problems with falling a bit inside and out side Fantastic !
Love your videos lately been following closely ...had brought tremendous improvements in my walking and balancings of my 65 years old legs...please do more helpful videos for seniors Dr...God bless you and millions thanks
Very great exercises . I’ve had two serious foot operations since 2018 and a total knee replacement last year. One of those exercises, the second one my PT had me doing on balance pads . I bought a couple balance pads off Amazon to do them at home . The third exercise is a another great exercise, similar to one’s done on a step to gain your quad and glut strength. Thanks for caring about us as we get older . Never thought about this when I was younger and playing sports . God bless you .
Love yr video. This is the third one I have watched. Am way passed 50 yet I still find yr exercises useful. Thank you.
He’s a young dude but clearly has worked with lots of us older folks. Useful stuff, as I find my balance getting iffy at 66.
I 65 same, sciatica pain
Wow! The additional challenge of the second exercise blew me away (with eyes closed, because that’s how feet together was easy). I obviously will benefit from practice.
I appreciate you helping us seniors. So great to see a young man so passionate to help his elders. God bless you son❤
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Greetings from Bali watch your Videos for 8 months and practice some of your exercises daily for up to 30-40 minutes they are accommodating. Thanks for your advice!(75 years old)
Thanks for your video. I think that could be very useful exercises for seniors.
Enjoyed your manner of teaching so easy, i am 76 soon and i have had a few falls ..my problem being I don't lt my foot high enough and I have trouble with my balance mind you I've had a knee replacement some 10 or eleven years ago
Thank you very much. I am from South Africa. I have a problem with vertigo and this is helping me a lot.
Thanks for all of your videos. I am 73 and the caregiver of my 92-year-old mum. I have myself doing a lot of your exercises and her doing some also. This group will be added to hers. I am fortunate that presently my balance is excellent. Thanks again
Thank you so much for this video, excellent 👌
I’ve just restarted yoga after a five year gap, and I’m shocked to discover how much balance and movement I’ve lost on that time. These will help. I’m also aware that bunions have worsened and this is making it harder to balance.
Thank you so much for your clear presentation of the exercises. I've been teaching exercise to seniors at a local gym for the past 10 yrs. When teaching balance I also cue "through the eyelash look" if they find closing the eyes is a bit too challenging. They love it when I give them balance homework 😊
Should greatly assist my balance trials.Had no idea how to start getting rid of my wobbly ones for my prosthesis fit in the very near future.Thanks for the tip.Receive my subscription from my heart!!!
I have been watching a lot of videos on topics such as this, and I find you to be one of the best and most credible in your advice and presentation.
Thank you so much. You are thinking about seniors and addressing the most important issues faced by seniors. Thanks a lot
Thank you thank you thank you. You’re wonderful!!
Great exercise. Starting tomorrow. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the exercises you show..very helpful...many Blessings😊
I have polyneuropathy I don't know if I should be doing these exercises for balance. I fell last week when my legs wouldn't keep me from falling . I enjoy your videos very much Will!
Watching from Assam,India 😊
another excellent video
Thank you!
Thank-you, Will. Just what I was looking for.
Thank you, I need to think if getting knee replaced so I can get back to my active life style. It's hard to think about.....good point get it fixed!
Thank you so much for sharing numerous solutions for balance issues that many people deal with especially those retired.
Thanks for the useful tips.
Great exercises! Thank you!
Thank you for another excellent and concise video. I'm 63 and really need to be mindful of balance problems, especially on days like today, when I felt like clearing out some high cupboards by stepping on a stool. I was incredibly careful and these exercises will help me continue to do essential daily activities safely. Thanks again from Sydney, Australia
I wish you had a pdf of some of these exercises so I can put them in my binder.
It helps me to see the exercise on paper in either written form or in picture form.
I like how these exercises do not require buying equipment.
Because I had a small fracture in my knee I had to do exercises.
Now I’m adding more to the already list the PT lady gave me.
Thank you for going slow enough so I can understand how to do each exercise.
Great video. Will try doing this daily. Have been in yoga for 5 years...still find balancing difficult...probably because I have flat feet.
Forget the Yoga! Hiking in the countryside is the very best exercise you can do to improve balance. Walking over uneven ground causes you to strengthen muscles, tendons and bones. It also creates neural connections which help with balance. Eventually you should be able to put socks and shoes on while balancing on one leg with no other support. I am 75 and can do that easily after years of hiking. All types of indoor ‘exercises’ are a poor substitute.
Also watching from Australia, thanks again for such simple exercises to help us oldies improve our quality of life.
Cheers Wil, very glad for these exercises and information. I have had two falls and the experience is obviously awful. I was very fit until chronic illness , recovery and now rebuilding with my good doctors blessing of course. Hope to have time soon to look proper,y at your book.
Again watching Wills advice is just so practical and the reasons for doing the exercises are also explained. Keep up the good work, you are helping so many ppl with these videos, For me , I am extremely gratefull. You are a good man Will and I hope that you get the credit you deserve. Keep it up as you have ppl that appreciate and totally respect you.
Excellent exercises! 🙏
Excellent. I’m 76 and just tripped on the sidewalk and broke my wrist and knee. I’m eager to improve my balance.
Following your exercises I find that my balance is better on one leg than the other, is this normal? Thank you for this channel, im following fromCosta Rica
Great stuff. We put an 8 foot 2 x 4 on the deck next to the railing and we walk at 10 times every day. 🍀
I just had spine surgery had have to rebuild my walking and balance skills. This should help me a lot. Thku
THANK YOU FROM THIS 75YR OLD..
Just came across your videos and like them very much. I had major ear surgery at 40 years old and ever since I have had balance problems. I am going to give these a try😀. I am in my early 60’s
You are. Sooooooooooooo Brilliant 😊🎉.God bless you cheers and wishes
Great advice and I will practice it now as I am 77 years old and need to improve my balance
Many thanks for this very beneficial video for seniors may god bless you for all this hard and helpful work
Very pleased to be of help!
Very helpful to learn in this simple way to improve balance, Mr Harlow. I am truly indebted to you.
Thank you for all your great exercises. I have included many of them in my regime. I am 76 and have had bilateral hip replacements during the Covid years. I like how you explain and demonstrate each exercise in an easy to relate manner. Surprised that there are some very rude comments on here. Keep up your great outreach and I’ll keep watching. Thank you
That is fantastic to hear I'm so pleased my guidance has been helpful - there's always people that like to be rude, but that won't stop me from reaching the people that benefit from my work!
Thanks! I'm going to struggle.
Grateful for your channel popping up on my yt screen! I need to strengthen my right side where I have weakness especially when a bit tired. I am healthy, 76 and play some golf but stopped taking walks over 20 minutes long due to this weakness and toe tripping! These helpful videos should work well for me…I just have to discipline myself to do them regularly! ;)
Hi. I just started following you and I think your videos are very helpful! I am 61 and trying to exercise as much as I can.
Thanks so much
Cristal clear. Exercice 3 was already more challenging. The ankles do not respond well. So.... practicing. Thanks
A wonderful way to keep us standing and walking safely. Thank you. I have watched most of your videos and decided now that for my birthday in a few weeks, I´ll buy your book. Those annoying round birthday numbers are not only telling us that we are getting older but also slowly weaker.
Thank you for supporting both my channel and my book - I hope you find my book valuable and interesting! And Happy Birthday to you, make sure to celebrate the occasion!
Thank you
Watching from Greece
Thank you Will very practical and useful
Love the last one, thanks
Your sites are so helpful. Your explanations and thoroughness make these exercises so easy to understand and practice. I have learned so much!
Excellent exercises. Delivered clearly. Thank you.
The first exercise is no problem but it's amazing the difference having my eyes open/closed for the second and third exercises. With eyes open no issue but can't do them with eyes closed. Will keep practicing. thanks.
God bless you Will❤
Always happy to help!
Thanks! I like watching your videos. I have serious balance problems.
It's excellent that you give a time frame for us to expect to see an improvement. Very motivating!
So pleased it was motivating, that's the most important thing!
Thank you so much.
Thank you for sharing theses exercises. It is a challenge but as you said with daily practice, it will improve. This is excellent
Your videos are so helpful. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
Thank you for these exercises.
..and a huge thank you from S Somerset. I’ve had many falls over last few years, some could easily be due to epilepsy or the three lots of pills twice daily. Either way, I definitely need to do these exercises a few times a day every day. Again Will, very many thanks indeed
I’ve just posted about my loss of balance due to very low potassium levels, caused by a blood pressure pill.
Thanks . Watching from India.
Good video, I'll definitely give it a try.
it's a shame ads pop up twice and interrupt it though.
thanks for your help
Thank you so much! These exercises are very helpful for me!
Good exercises - obviously, I'm biased and feel that joining a Tai Chi class is the best way to improve balance - also, the inner ear plays a big part in maintaining balance (as I am sure you know).
Thanks for your videos, it's really help me lots ❤
Much thanks!
Very Good ! I am having a balance problems. I will give it a go.
Thanks
Great videos you are putting out! Wonderful advice. I have also found, that to improve balance and health in general, Transcendental Meditation twice a day is extremely beneficial. And as you may know, there are hundreds of scientific studies, published in top peer-reviewed journals showing the benefits are real, for mind, body and behavior.
Excellent advice. I love it.
Excellent!
I find the star exercise easier than the 2nd exercise; I think it is because we do this every day in gym class. Frequency equals ease!
Those 3 exercises are brilliant. I've been doing them for a few weeks now, but am wondering why is one leg better at balancing than the other? In my case I find all the exercises easy when my right leg is the "standing" leg, but am much less balanced with the left. Some days it takes a number of attempts to balance on my left and it is always more "jittery" (for want of a better word 😂)
"Swaying"??? I was "toppling". Found this difficult. Have to practice and persevere with this. Gotta get my balance improved. A challenge!
Thank you for this exercise. It helps me very much. I m from Indonesia
very good and well explained.
How is playing table tennis to our balance ? I am 83 and play for 73 years and have got excellent balance. No exercises necessary only playing table tennis and try to win.
I played tennis until I was 83 so I also had good balance but had my first fall on the court when I broke a wrist. 4 hour operation, all good and broke the same wrist 6 months later. No more tennis now working on Wills videos, thank you Will, excellent clear instructions on how to keep going at age 86
Thank you very much. Very useful 🥰
Love your videos
Aw this is great, thank you 👍👏👏👏