Balance: In Search of the Lost Sense

Although vital to our well-being and even to our success as a species, the physical sense of balance has never attained the same recognition as sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste. Now, with an epidemic of debilitating falls sweeping America's aging population, the time is ripe for a lively and illuminating tour of the human body's most exquisitely intricate and least understood faculty.


BALANCE is the first book written for a general audience that examines the mysteries of the human balance system--the astonishingly complicated mechanisms that allow our bodies to counteract the force of gravity as we move through space. A scientific, historical, and practical exploration of how balance works, BALANCE also provides the keys to remaining upright for as long as humanly possible. From simple motion sickness to astronauts' "space stupids," and from fetal somersaults to the Flying Wallendas, McCredie guides readers on a delightful quest to elevate balance to its rightful place in the pantheon of the senses.

• The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better
• Balance is Power: Improve Your Body's Balance to Perform Better, Live Longer, and Look Younger
• Playing With Movement: How to Explore the Many Dimensions of Physical Health and Performance
• Improving Functional Outcomes in Physical Rehabilitation
• Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy - E-Book: Evidence to Practice
• Balance: A Dizzying Journey Through the Science of Our Most Delicate Sense
• Pressing Reset: Original Strength Reloaded
• Can You Go?: Assessments and Program Design for the Active Athlete and Everybody Else
• The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom
• The Quick and the Dead: Total Training for the Advanced Minimalist