Falling Is Not An Option: A Way to Lifelong Balance

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Falling Is Not an Option: A Way to Lifelong Balance is a groundbreaking examination of the widely misunderstood subject of human balance. What are the myths and misconceptions of balance, how can you maintain a strong posture, and what are the common reasons for the deterioration of balance as you get older?

But if the physical challenges that are part of T’ai Chi stance and movement are removed, and the exercise becomes more of a dance than a martial art, its benefits to balance and stability are greatly reduced. I was impressed by both his depth of understanding of the topic and his presentation, and quickly began to understand why my earlier attempts at Tai Chi were accompanied by pain. Postural Retraining exercises teach the balance and stability component of T'ai Chi, which is the most important. While she shares her amazing stories of travelling to mountains around the world she also focuses on the hard work and determination it took to become a professional extreme skier. He also includes exercises for arms and hands and illustrates how standing up from and sitting down in a chair can be accomplished in a non-stressful and pain-free manner.A stable and balanced walk with zero falls should be everyone's goal, but as we age, our agility and steadiness decrease.

Falling Is Not An Option (A Way to Lifelong Balance) by George Locker is a revolutionary health and fitness reference manual that benefits everyone who wants to build and maintain a steady and mobile lifestyle as they age.

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The postures and exercises – which do not have to be memorized and can be done at home - emphasize simple positions and small movements that are appropriate for those who have mobile impairments, including several exercises that acknowledge the common elderly struggle to sit down and stand up. This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. These exercises activate and strengthen the postural or balance muscles, and develop the ability to create downward force to increase stability. Not only does he teach seniors how to remember to balance, but also to teach the younger generation, so that they will not have a balance issue when they get older. Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.

In this book, he shares exercises, and the principles behind them, for maintaining balance and moving with fluidity and strength. With practice, the fifteen postures and exercises improve balance and stability in a safe and incremental way. The book discusses the physics and biomechanics of balance and details the importance of the postural muscles (those that involuntarily control balance and stability). Essential for this kind of work is tone, and it’s clear in Locker’s eloquent and confident presentation that he truly believes in the system of Postural Retraining, which will certainly be empowering for the reading audience to feel in his words.