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Old 08-05-2018, 11:07 AM
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kind of like tia chi.
You should use your walker to do this, read thru the entire message/post before starting.


I go to my bed room closet with bifold doors open so I can hold on to the knobs to help me get into a balanced state. hold on to the knobs/ walker arms, and slowly lift one leg up off the floor and try to balance with out touching the knobs/walker arms., they are there to regain your balance if needed then just restart counting. Try to balance on one foot ( not holding) for 30 seconds.
I start off at 5 seconds. Do them early in the day when You have better concentration. Do both legs. start raising it slowly up a small amount then gradually raise your leg a little higher until you can raise it so that your thigh is parallel to the ground. This alone could take a long time to do.
These exercises take time and consistency...some days will be better than other days.
with practice and concentration you will improve your timing.
When you can work up to 30 seconds then try this closing your eyes. These are hard to do.

But you can safely do them using your walker as a balance. You can start by gently resting your hands on the walker while getting your balance.
I need to start using/doing them again.
I hope these directions are clear. Let me know.
This is something simple but very hard to do at first.
You really have to concentrate.
Try doing them morning and night.
When I was doing them it took me a month to get to 20 seconds. I stopped doing them and now I am back down to 5 seconds.
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