Best balance exercises

The best 4 exercises to improve balance and reduce falls.

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[jamesjc]

1. Heel to toe for 20s
2. Balance on one foot for 20s
3. Heel to toe walking
4. Backwards walking

[gregsLyrics]

Thank you for your wisdom. My balance is terrible as i get older. By miracle i have managed not to fall (yet). I have often wondered if there were exercises to work on my balance and I am so thankful to have found your YT vids. You have improved the health of the world at large by your philanthropy and knowledge. Wishing you the return of your goodness.

[kiahatch]

I just celebrated my 79th birthday last week and was delighted to see that I can do all four of these exercises easily. I come from a family that lives a long long time and I'm really focused on staying strong.

[stevensnow]

Thank you. At 75 I can do all of these without hanging on to anything. I have been walking backward uphill on my walks as a way of simulating leg extension. Also regularly walk on the curbing for moderate distances during my daily walks. I feel better about myself after watching this.

[lulumoon]

Still trying to relearn to walk after 3 yrs and 3rd brain surgery... Cannot use a walker unassisted. I KNOW I can breakthrough! ❤️🙏

[mariarevoy]

I'm 92 and really need to work on my Balance, than k you so much

[miltoncaram]

Greatest video ever for balance. I have vestibular disorder and have been feeling off balance at 66 years of age. I will start doing them everyday. I hope they will improve my balance.

[marciapawlowski]

Husband recentely diagnosed with Parkinsons, has been going for PT about 2mo. is done this week and may want to see him in 2-3 mo.! This kind of sums up what he's been doing and I'll follow up on=lline so we can keep him moving in right direction.

[mauricedegroff]

This is really helping me. I’m already got decent balance, but this improves it for real no nonsense good thank you.

[cherylvardy]

Hi from Australia. This is a great set of exercises. Recently had balance tested with a chiropractor and was horrified. Am 75 but only stopped full time work 3 years ago so was very active. Covid & being restricted to a tiny granny flat really affected my health & had gone to chiropractor initially as also developed Vertigo. Had no idea that inactivity could cause so many problems. Not just mental health issues governments should be looking at since lock downs - mobility & strength courses should be made available to maybe prevent costs incurred to governments further down the track.

[bharaniravuri]

They are so SIMPLE.

" thank you ".

[johnmachinmegavegan]

Great video. Equilibrioception is a quality I've been teaching for over a decade: it's far more important than strength training. (Lose your sense of balance, and all the strength in the world becomes useless.)
I have to say the final exercise - Reverse Walking - is predominantly a Proprioception drill: extremely worthwhile, even so. Proprioception, like Equilibrioception, is another quality which declines with age but can be improved by practice. Both 'ceptions rely on Neuroplasticity; and, for both, I use an inverted Bosu - Nothing enhances physical and neural adaptation faster than a destabilized body.

[garycombs]

Roller skating on a regular basis is by far the greatest activity for improving balance.

[jazzman]

I can stand on my right foot for more than 20 seconds, but on my left foot, only 6. I’m surprised at my improvement compared with a couple of years ago. I’m much encouraged by this. Thank you so much.

[SixxFixx]

3 years ago I had a spinal cord injury. I'm really hoping I can improve with your exercises. I hope to walk again. I walk with a walker atm.

[millertas]

Being doing these exercises as my balance has not been good since I became concussed when 11. Now 64 I feel my balance improving after only a few weeks.

[stephenromey]

I am 65 and thought I would try these - no problem - maybe a little wobbling on the one legged stand, but I can eke out 30 seconds, no problem. I think these are some great exercises to know - I will try to work them into my gym routine between sets or just do them when I go walking in the morning and evening. Like all health and fitness, we want bang for the buck in what we do, and these 5 are quick exercises that can be done most anywhere. Thanks for these!

[bobd]

for those who cant afford P.T. i have a slow method to offer you to improve your balance.
its outdoors too.
along a sizable stretch of grass ... a yard, or a park
walk in circles. i dont mean a 10' diameter circle. but the one that comes from turning
around in place. a 360. then try and do this on the move.
slowly to start with.
i do this with hiking poles to catch when i start to fall over. then and now.


watch out for cans or rocks or whatever on the grass. as slamming into something
with your foot while it is moving sideways can quickly injure your knee.

this began for me 4 years back after a knee injury. when the treatment was simply
to walk sideways in the same grass setting. one side then do a 180 and lead
with the other foot. the idea to do circles came later on.

now i do both. walk sideways 3 cycles, do a 180 and repeat. then do 3 360's on the move.

it is something i now realize is using knee and hip muscles like never before. and also
think of balance as a 'muscle' that needs worked out too.

after 4 years i do this with way less wobble than when i started. my knee is healed to
where i can kick start my 100cc dirt bike w/o it hurting

in a year or two you will be advanced enough to try it on plain old hard ground. this
opens up more places for practice. and, again, look ahead 20' to make sure nothing
is there to run into.

one thing i've added in an ongoing evolution of this practice is during the moving
360's is to close my eyes. except at the end of one turn i'll do a snapshot opening
to get my bearings ( i tend to walk in a arc line with eyes closed ) then re-close them.

there's more ... so far i've done 10 360's in a row without the periodic snapshot.
when i'm on a big grassy field, say a soccer one. where the turf is uniform

[patrickvanmeter]

I haven't been able to balance on one leg my entire life. As a kid, my friends and I would try to see how far we could walk on a railroad rail. I was always the one that couldn't go over a couple of steps. I'm 81 now and still can't. I walk an hour every morning with my dogs. This morning after watching this video, I tried to walk backwards and had no problem. I did it several times up to 40 steps backwards. No problem. Still can't balance on one leg. This has never caused me any problems. I just have never been able to do it. I used to powerlift and at one time was squatting over 400 pounds. I can still do a pistol squat but have to hold onto something for balance. I have come to the conclusion the problem is somewhere in my hip area. I have the feeling this will remain a mystery. Enjoyed the video. Thank you sir.

[samasonipea]

THANK YOU FINALLY SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR ME!!!!