Exercises to Improve Balance

Simple exercises to improve your balance skills.

• Single Leg Stance
• Overview of Balance Exercises
• Exercises to Prevent Falls
• One Leg Away from Improved Balance
• Six Easy Balance Exercises
• Exercises to Keep You Steady on Your Feet
• Ankles:  A Balancing Act Exercise Video

Exercise Improves Your Quality of Life

Click here to see the short video from NIH Senior Health. Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D. Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health started exercising regularly since college.

It is never too late to start!

Build Exercise into Your Everyday Life

Check out this video from NIH Senior Health here.

Exercise Safety Tips to Recognize When Exercise Should Not be Initiated

For older adults, please remember the safety tips below:

• Do not do hard exercise for 2 hours after a big meal.
• Do not exercise when you have a fever and/or viral infection accompanied by muscle aches.
• Do not exercise if your systolic blood pressure is greater than 200 and your diastolic is greater than 100.
• Do not exercise if your resting heart rate is greater than 120.
• Do not exercise if you have a joint that you are using to exercise (such as a knee or an ankle) that is red and warm and painful.
• Stop exercising if you experience severe pain or swelling in a joint. Discomfort that persists should always be evaluated.
• Do not exercise if you have a new symptoms that has not been evaluated by your health care provider such as pain in your chest, abdomen or a joint, swelling in an arm, leg or joint, difficulty catching your breath at rest, or a fluttering feeling in your chest.

EASY Way to Find the Best Activity for Older Adults

There’s now an EASY way to find the best activity for older adults. The EASY tool helps you know when to see a health care provider and how to choose activities for optimal benefit given particular health conditions or situations. Click here.