Here are three great Tai Chi basic movements exercises to prevent falls and improve your balance, to decrease your fears of falling and ultimately reduce your chance of falling. With these 3 easy Tai Chi exercises, you will increase your balance by doing a single leg stance movement which is dynamic but easy enough to achieve. You will also improve your ankle mobility - a key essential for fall prevention. You will also develop an increased awareness of your body in space, so that you can better recover from a fall. These 3 easy Tai Chi based exercises are not to be underestimated! They are great basic Tai Chi for Seniors movements, Tai Chi for beginners movements and I will guess that even the younger population will have a challenge doing the Tai Chi for Balance movements. Perhaps I should call them Tai Chi for Athletes too! Even though they take very little skill or time commitment, they will help you to improve your balance in your daily life. Enjoy and read on for more:
According to the CDC,Falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths in those over 65 years old in the United States! Basically falls are killing people over 65.
Even young people are in the mix of statistics 2.8 million people between the age of 18 and 64 have been to the E. R. for fall injuries in the year 2019. In 2015 we spent over $50 billion in fall related medical expenses in the US...that's 50 billion! That was in 2015.
Can you imagine what it is now? So what can we do about this?
Well first you need to know what the three predictors are for having a fall. They might surprise you.
The #1 predictor for having a fall is the fear of falling.
The 2nd one is taking three or more medications and that includes over the counter medications.
Now I don't know about you but a lot of people or on three or more medications.
And then the 3rd criteria is that you've had a history of false.
So let's tackle that.
First one. The fear of falling. What can we do about that?
We need to improve our balance and Tai Chi is a great exercise for improving our balance.
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