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BALANCE AND FALLS PREVENTION
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WHAT I DREAM OF IS AN ART OF BALANCE, OF PURITY AND SERENITY,
DEVOID
OF TROUBLING OR DEPRESSING SUBJECT MATTER
... A SOOTHING, CALMING
INFLUENCE ON THE MIND
... RATHER LIKE A GOOD ARMCHAIR
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WHICH PROVIDES
RELAXATION FROM PHYSICAL FATIGUE.
(Henry Matisse, 1908) |
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The importance of this quote is the fact that it is
exceedingly/very/ tiring, frustrating and debilitating to have to
concentrate on maintaining balance all the time.
Balance is the combination of the central nervous system interacting
with several different systems within the body. Problems with
balance arise from any dysfunction in any of these systems and / or
loss of central integration. Therefore any problem with balance can
be extremely complicated and needs careful assessment to ensure the
right therapeutic approach is used.
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Balance is
a constant cycle between feed forward and feed back.
Feed forward involves the attention and ability to anticipate and
create movement while feedback involves the sensations
created by movement feeding back into the body.
Feedback can be affected by something as simple as badly
fitting shoes to much more complex issues such as diabetes or a joint
replacement.
It is the Therapist's role to assess which problems are
causing restrictions in movement and to provide a way to maintain and
enhance this constant cycle.
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Click here to see details of the MANAGEMENT OF BALANCE PROBLEMS |
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