Heel Toe Walk
This exercise helps maintain balance while moving, like stepping to the side or over things.
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Home Instead Senior CareThis exercise helps maintain balance while moving, like stepping to the side or over things.
Flexible walking patterns are important for older adults, and this exercise helps maintain strength while they walk.
Learn about a series of exercises to help prevent and assess a senior's risk for falls and help them build strength to improve their balance.
Use chair stands to help assess an older adult's lower body strength.
This assessment is a measure of an older adult's balance, agility and walking speed.
Side leg raises help to improve the strength of the hips and legs.
Older adults need to maintain their center of gravity while they are walking. This exercise helps to strengthen the area around their belly button.
Heel toe raises help older adults improve the strength of their lower leg muscles which are important for balance during walking.
One legged stands are important for older adults to practice to maintain strength in their center of gravity.
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