The balance and coordination exercises They are essential for the health of the body, although sometimes these are less relevant than resistance or physical effort. This happens, in most cases, because coordination and balance are factors that are not essentially noticeable in physical appearance or figure, but have to do with motor skills and human intelligence.
The totality of human physical actions, to be considered effective, require a few demands regarding coordination and balance in their performance: many people assume that they are fully capable in terms of these two issues, but in all cases there are many issues that can be improved, such as reaction speed or acoustic perception.
With advancing age, people progressively lose balance and the ability of the body to respond to the orders that the brain gives. This occurs mainly because the view is deteriorating, also the Receptor nerves of the plant foot that send position-related information to the brain, and ultimately the small ear hairs that send the information related to the force of gravity and movement.
This explains that impaired ability to maintain balance and coordination occurs more strongly as the person approaches old age. It is no coincidence, in this sense, that most of the institutions that are in charge of carrying out activities related to the health and vitality of the elderly, promote and organize this kind of exercises.
See also:
- Elongation exercises (stretching)
- Flexibility exercises
- Strength exercises
- Exercises to warm up
It is advisable to pay special attention to upper body and extremities, for which there are specially prepared exercises. Some of them will be listed below:
- Raise one knee until the hip is bent at a 90 degree angle, and hold it there as long as possible tending to increase balance. If the surface is softer, the exercise becomes more complex.
- Place one foot in front of the other, and then walk, supporting the heel first and then the ball of the foot.
- Lower your hands and knees, and stay with one arm and one leg in the air, in a contracted way.
- Find positions of balance between two people, where there is the least possible number of supports.
- Walk on your heels and toes on the same line.
- Throw a tennis ball against a wall with one hand, and then catch it with the other.
- Jumps moving with respect to the own axis, trying to turn without losing balance. The balance will be more difficult the greater the turn.
- Bring the arm forward on the same side of the foot that you advance. Once enabled, try to run that way.
- Obstacle races, where you have to reward speed but also the intelligence to go through obstacles.
- Walk along a line on the ground (or, when you are already experienced, on a rope).
- Jump the rope, progressively with a higher speed.
- Get up from a chair without the help of your hands and arms.
- Staying balanced sitting on a ball.
- Throw a ball up and then catch it without falling to the ground, but with the feet necessarily within a range.
- The game of hopscotch, where the jumps on the floor must be coordinated.
