Increasing Our Balance

""If you can maintain a minute standing on one foot, your're doing pretty well with balance."
Erin Smith, Wellness Director

Becoming wobbly is one of the things that accompanies getting older.  To offset that, and to prevent falls, one of the best practices is standing on one foot.  I can do that pretty well with shoes on, but with my high arch and instep, which causes pronation, I tend to wobble trying to stand on one foot without shoes.  With or without shoes, while brushing our teeth, watching tv, or on the phone, we can practice standing on first one foot and then the other -- to improve our balance.