Balance Test

Try this- Stand on a flat surface in comfortable shoes or your bare feet. Now bring your right knee up in the air, so that your foot is off the floor at least a few inches. Now slowly count, and see how long you can keep your balance without placing your foot back down on the floor. Take note of your time, and repeat this with your your left foot. If you cannot balance for at least twenty seconds on each leg, then your balance is sub-par. You could be compromising your ability to run, golf, play tennis or other sports, as well as dance, walk the dog or do household chores. If you cannot balance for at least five seconds on each foot, you have a more severe problem. You are running a three times greater risk of taking a fall in 2010. A fall that could result in a cracked rib, a fractured wrist or a broken hip, if you are over the age of 60. If you find that your balance is not what you want it to be, there is help. By improving the communication between your brain, where balance is sensed, and your joints, where nerve endings for balance are stored, your chiropractor can turn up your balance score. You don't need to resign yourself to be clumsy, being accident-prone or having poor balance. Talk to your chiropractor about what pro-active steps can be taken to improve your balance today.