How to make balance exercises a daily habit<\/p>\n
Calendine works on his balance while his coffee brews, both at home and at work, giving each leg a turn. \u201cNobody even knows I\u2019m doing it,\u201d he says. \u201cThey\u2019re standing beside me, but you can kind of hide it, which is nice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Vonda Wright, an orthopedic surgeon in Orlando, practices so often that she sometimes catches herself standing on one leg while giving a speech. She also asks rooms full of executives to try it\u2014and watches them struggle. \u201cIt may be one of the only things they fail at,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
To make practicing easier to remember, she suggests pairing it with something you already do. Once you feel steady enough, try standing on one leg while brushing your teeth or taking a phone call beside your desk, with a sturdy surface nearby. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to brush your teeth anyway,\u201d she says. \u201cDo it on one leg.\u201d<\/p>\n
When holding the position for 30 seconds feels easy, you can gradually increase the challenge. Wright suggests placing a folded towel under your standing foot, which makes the surface less stable. Another option is moving your arms while you balance. Change one thing at a time, with support within reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How to make balance exercises a daily habit Calendine works on his balance while his coffee brews, both…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[777,984,499,103,61,60],"class_list":["post-667833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-evergreen","tag-exercise-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}