2 Tips to improve your senior and elderly balance and posture

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[simonrankin]

I would love to know what diet this guy is on, im pretty sure he eats clean, and works out hard..

[parisbreakfast]

If you keep your head up but let your eyes look down at a 45 degree angle to see what’s ahead of you (as if you were on a conveyer belt in an airport) you can see what’s in front of you but with good posture.

[purwantaiskandar]

Thank you very much. It is very helful

[daveoatway]

This is a recipe for falls - looking down is necessary to avoid problems with uneven surfaces.

[heidiheard]

Doug, your fitness videos are invaluable. I've been dealing with sarcopenia, since dealing with a chronic health condition, and your exercises help! Also, what brand of gym shoe are you wearing? It looks like it has alot of stability, ie, keeping balance and weight on center. Thank you!

[jhumabanerjee]

These two tips of balance are very useful to me but my eye vision is very low what tips i follow me

[lorraineversluis]

If you stare right ahead and don't see the ground, you can easily trip over something, like a sidewalk with a raised block. Not a good idea

[dearjohn]

I have a problem with balance. These tips will be useful. Thanks.

[cmitchell]

Guilty of the bad habit of 'head forward, looking down.' Head is heavy so moving it forward adds to issue of balance by shifting the weight..and standing straight gives sensation of tipping backwards. End up walking on the front part of the foot (result is less contact so reduced sensation of full foot on ground). Domino effect! :( Tried the hand-under-nose tip and eyes immediately became twitchy as they're so used to focusing in a certain place and now struggle to re-orient. Gotta work on that one.

[yohasa]

Not good. I tend to trip over things because I no longer have as high a step.