Tipping Toward Balance: A Fitness Trainer's Guide To Stability and Walking

In this book I share eight exercises and the reasons why they have helped clients regain their balance. These particular exercises have helped clients stop tripping and falling and to regain the ability to feel safe in movement again. I also share some short stories of clients who all have various reasons for losing their balance. This book is also an excellent source for stroke survivors who are looking to strengthen the muscles and gain back safe walking and locomotion movements.

A range of personal and specific factors may play a role in the body’s balance and walking gait as they become off-kilter. This leaves people feeling unsafe in their movements, which, in turn, causes the walking gait to change and slow down because they feel out of balance or unstable. At this point, individuals may find themselves tripping often and/or falling down.
At any age, but often as we get older, the body can become weaker. That can be due to illness, lack of exercise, neurological challenges or a diagnosed condition. In many of these cases, the body begins to move more slowly. You can feel unsafe in everyday movements, even just walking. The center of the body, known as the core, must be built up in strength for the rest of the body to be able to perform movements at their best. Frequently, building core strength is thought to be achievable only when you get down on the floor and do crunches. Many clients with weakness or stability issues do not feel safe getting down to the floor. Consequently, that leaves them thinking it is a lost cause to attempt to strengthen the core muscles. Thankfully, this is not the truth.

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• The Stroke of An Artist: The Journey of a Fitness Trainer and a Stroke Survivor
• Better Balance for Life: Banish the Fear of Falling with Simple Activities Added to Your Everyday Routine
• Balance Training: Stability Workouts for Core Strength and a Sculpted Body
• Stronger After Stroke, Third Edition: Your Roadmap to Recovery
• Exercises for Better Balance: The Stand Strong Workout for Fall Prevention and Longevity
• Balance is Power: Improve Your Body's Balance to Perform Better, Live Longer, and Look Younger
• Stay Fit for Life: More than 60 Exercises to Restore Your Strength and Future-Proof Your Body