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06-09-2023 05:40 PM
Yes I can. My bootcamp instructor has us do a lot of exercizes to help with balance etc that can suffer as we age, one of them is to do the second one several times.
I have an old injury from a bad break in my foot so I try to make sure to do these exercizes so I dont lose balance
06-09-2023 05:57 PM
@ECBG : Hope everything turns out for the best for you.
Sending good thoughts your way...
06-09-2023 06:09 PM
I can do it, but can't hold it for long. It also exacerbates my sciatica.
I have a balance exercise I do at the gym. Go into Arabesque position on one leg (think airplane) except with my hands behind my back. I do that one leg at a time and hold for 5 seconds. On the 5th time each leg, I bring both my free leg and my arms around to the front as I bend my supprorting leg knee until I'm all the way down and holding my free leg out in front of me. Basically, it's a camel spin position into a sit spin position if you know skating terms, but it's actually easier doing it spinning than it is from a static position, or at least the sitting part is. I never had a great camel spin.
I once had someone at the gym see me do this and ask me did I know how hard it was to do that. Well, yes, I do. I had to work into it.
06-09-2023 06:11 PM - edited 06-09-2023 06:15 PM
It's strange that I can't stand on my heels without being wobbly b/c otherwise I'm very good with my balance. I have never fallen b/c of balance issues or anything else for that matter. What gives??
06-09-2023 07:34 PM
@Sugipine wrote:It's strange that I can't stand on my heels without being wobbly b/c otherwise I'm very good with my balance. I have never fallen b/c of balance issues or anything else for that matter. What gives??
I was sent to a neurologist after developing arthritis in my left hand. He checked me very well, tested reactions, and I need a spine MRI, and several other tests after the 6 half tubes and 1 full of blood today.
06-09-2023 08:56 PM
YES - no problem.
06-09-2023 09:08 PM
It is good he is being thorough.
I hope they will find a way to help!
Not fun to be in constant pain
06-09-2023 09:27 PM
@on the bay wrote:It is good he is being thorough.
I hope they will find a way to help!
Not fun to be in constant pain
Thank you my Dear. No pain but there may be an issue.
06-09-2023 10:09 PM
I hope you will get good results from your testing. Wishing you all the best.
06-09-2023 10:21 PM
My husband just told me that if you can go from a sitting position to standing up using only one leg--that's a good thing.
Well I tried an tried and it seemed impossible and I was bummed. (He can't do it either.)
But I tried it from my bed which is higher than the couch or a dining room chair and I was able to do it.
They say a good test is to see if you can get up from the floor without holding onto something to help you up. It can hurt my knees, if I get up that way, but I can do it.
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