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1. BALANCE EXERCISE

2. BALANCE EXCERCISES WORK Balancing exercises work your core muscles, lower back, and legs. Lower-body strength-training exercises can also help improve your balance.

3. Why Balance is Important Improved balance makes daily activities, such as walking on stairs, carrying heavy items, and suddenly changing directions, easier. A strong, stable base will allow you to move with more coordination, ease, and fluidity. These improvements help to prevent the risk of injury and falls, especially in older adults and people with  Parkinson’s disease .

4. BALANCE EXCERCISES WORK 1. Tightrope walk Tie a piece of string to two poles. Hold your arms out wide to the sides. Walk on the string without stepping off to the side. Walk at least 15 steps.

5. BALANCE EXCERCISES WORK 2. Rock the boat Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Press your weight into both feet firmly and evenly. Yield your weight onto your left foot and lift your right foot. Hold for up to 30 seconds. Slowly lower your left foot to the floor and repeat on the other side. Do each side five to 10 times.

6. BALANCE EXCERCISES WORK 3. Flamingo stand Stand on your left leg with your right leg lifted. Use a chair or wall for support as you stretch your right leg forward. Maintain good posture by keeping your spine, neck, and head in one line. To increase the difficulty, extend your hand to reach for your right foot. Hold for up to 15 seconds. Then do the opposite side.

7. BALANCE EXCERCISES WORK 4. Bean Bag Balance Place a bean bag or similar item on top of your head or shoulder. Walk in a straight line, maintaining your posture and balance so it stays secure. Then try walking in a zig-zag or circle, moving backward, or moving from side to side.

8. BALANCE EXCERCISES WORK 5. Heel-toe walking Bring your arms to the side so they’re parallel to the floor. Use chalk or a string to make a line to follow. Walk in a straight line, placing the back of your heel against the toes of your opposite foot. Move slowly and with control. Continue for 5 to 20 steps.

9. BALANCE EXCERCISES WORK 6. Banded Triplantar Taps Put a resistance band around your lower thighs, just above your knees. Come into a single-leg, quarter-squat on your right leg. Engage your core and hips muscles. Using the resistance of the band, tap your left leg forward, to the side, and straight behind you. Do 10 to 20 repetitions. Then do the opposite side.

10. BALANCE EXCERCISES WORK 7. Single leg cross- body punches Hold two dumbbells at chest height. Yield your weight onto your left foot, coming into a quarter-squat. Keeping your left leg strong and stable, punch the weights across your body, one at a time. Then do the opposite side. Do 1 to 3 sets of 10 to 20 repetitions.

11. BALANCE EXCERCISES Parkinson’s Disease Chair leg raises To increase the difficulty, this exercise can be done with an ankle weight. Sit in a chair with a straight spine and both feet directly under your knees. Slowly, straighten your left leg, holding it up for a few seconds. Lower it back down and repeat with your right leg. Do 1 to 3 sets of 10 to 20 repetitions.

12. BALANCE EXCERCISES Parkinson’s Disease Side Stepping From a standing position, step sideways to the right side of the room. Lift your knees as high as you can while moving as though you’re stepping over something. Then return to the left side of the room.

13. BOAT POSE IN YOGA

14. SINGLE LEG BALANCE

15. CHAIR BALANCE