Balance is defined as an ability to maintain the center of gravity of a body within the base of support with minimal postural sway.
Better Balance Means:
- Better balance means better autonomic function, digestion, cardiovascular etc.
- Better balance means improved mood, anxious people often tend to have poor balance.
- Better balance means better cognition, thought, concentration etc.
- With better balance there is better posture.
- Better balance also promotes better spinal function and less subluxation.
- Better balance promotes better pelvic floor function.
- Better balance helps improve performance.
- Better balance helps reduce accidents and falls.
- Balance exercises and training helps improve co-ordination, motor skills and control of the body.
- Better balance helps confidence.
- Better balance helps sports performance.
The task of maintaining upright stance, balance and co-ordination in children, adults and even the elderly involves a complex control system that uses and integrates the large amount of sensory information that surrounds us. The brains cerebellum and vestibular system as well as visual information, touch information, proprioception from sensors in the muscles and the sensory receptors of the canals of the middle ear are all involved in helping humans maintain upright stance, balance and co-ordination.
If you need your balance assessed or would like to improve your balance then consider seeing Dr Robyn Leeder at Greensborough Family Chiropractic. Dr Robyn Leeder is a Chiropractic Neuro-rehabilitation (aka Functional Neurology in USA) practitioner and chiropractor and assists children and adults on a regular basis with balance and related issues. In addition to the full neurological check-up (including of the vestibular and other systems concerned with balance), advice will be provided on specific helpful exercises and for our patients access to our lending library on health and balance information incl core strength dvd.
See also our web page on “Help for Dizziness and Balance Issues in Humans ”
CONTACT US in GREENSBOROUGH, MELBOURNE on 03 9432 4644