SOMA Living June 2022

FROM THE DOCTOR

Improving Your Balance for Better Function and Performance

Balance issues are one of the top concerns of individuals and health care providers due to the dangers and results of falls. Approximately 40% of Americans will experience balance problems. Poor balance not only restricts your movements but can also restrict your activities of daily life. Maintaining an upright stance (posture) requires constant communication between the sensory signals from the feet, legs and spine to the brain. These signals are sent to the brain and then back down to make adjustments to your body that will keep you upright and stable in a variety of activities. However, injury, surgery and the aging process can disrupt the communication process, which can lead to unsteadiness while in motion or at rest. If left unchecked, this can drastically increase your risk of falling and potential injury. Balance is an important aspect of fitness that impacts our ability to perform everyday tasks. Excluding balance-related issues caused by vision, cognition, medication or problems affecting the inner ear, many of the difficulties we face with balance arise from a lack of strength. That’s where exercises to improve balance come in handy. Balance is not something that you inherently have or don’t—it’s something you have to practice and actively work to improve. According to Harvard Medical School, maintaining a sound, responsive and enduring sense of balance is one of the best ways to prevent falls. How does a Chiropractor help? A Chiropractors’ job is all about balance, alignment and the communication between the brain and the rest of the body through the function of the nervous system. With specialized technics and protocols utilizing vibrational therapy which is designed to rehabilitate proprioception throughout the body and improve balance and coordination in people of all ages. Check with us at South Orange Chiropractic to see if we can help. If yours is a chiropractic case we will tell you, if not, we will tell you that too.

Meet the Natural Pain Relievers at South Orange Chiropractic Center Moving people from pain to wellness. Dr. Stephen Levine • Dr. Mark Roczey • Dr. Mark Sielski 60 First Street, South Orange, NJ 07079 973-761-0022 Go to SouthOrangeChiropractic.com to download our FREE E-book on Health and Wellness

Stephen Levine D.C. South Orange Chiropractic Center SouthOrangeChiropractic.com Phone: 973.761.0022 Email: Docdad230@aol.com

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