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    Exercises Walking Steadiness

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    These exercises can help improve walking steadiness: - Sit to stand works on leg strength by sitting and standing from a chair 10 times with or without hand support. - Hip abduction strengthens legs by lifting one leg out to the side while holding onto furniture for balance. - Calf raises strengthen lower legs by raising heels while holding onto furniture and lowering 10 times. - Heel-toe walking challenges balance by placing heels directly in front of toes in a straight line for 10 steps while holding furniture. - Walking and turning round works on coordination by walking 10 steps and turning clockwise and counterclockwise to form a figure eight pattern.

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    Exercises Walking Steadiness

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    These exercises can help improve walking steadiness: - Sit to stand works on leg strength by sitting and standing from a chair 10 times with or without hand support. - Hip abduction strengthens legs by lifting one leg out to the side while holding onto furniture for balance. - Calf raises strengthen lower legs by raising heels while holding onto furniture and lowering 10 times. - Heel-toe walking challenges balance by placing heels directly in front of toes in a straight line for 10 steps while holding furniture. - Walking and turning round works on coordination by walking 10 steps and turning clockwise and counterclockwise to form a figure eight pattern.

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    These exercises can help improve walking steadiness: - Sit to stand works on leg strength by sitting and standing from a chair 10 times with or without hand support. - Hip abduction strengthens legs by lifting one leg out to the side while holding onto furniture for balance. - Calf raises strengthen lower legs by raising heels while holding onto furniture and lowering 10 times. - Heel-toe walking challenges balance by placing heels directly in front of toes in a straight line for 10 steps while holding furniture. - Walking and turning round works on coordination by walking 10 steps and turning clockwise and counterclockwise to form a figure eight pattern.

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    Exercises Walking Steadiness

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    Joyce Webb
    These exercises can help improve walking steadiness: - Sit to stand works on leg strength by sitting and standing from a chair 10 times with or without hand support. - Hip abduction strengthens legs by lifting one leg out to the side while holding onto furniture for balance. - Calf raises strengthen lower legs by raising heels while holding onto furniture and lowering 10 times. - Heel-toe walking challenges balance by placing heels directly in front of toes in a straight line for 10 steps while holding furniture. - Walking and turning round works on coordination by walking 10 steps and turning clockwise and counterclockwise to form a figure eight pattern.

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    Exercises That May from two hands to one, and eventually do the

    exercise without using your hands to push off.


    Improve Walking
    Steadiness
    Calf Raises
    If your walking steadiness is low or very low and
    you’d like to improve it, talk to your doctor, who
    can provide you with a set of strength and balance
    exercises tailored to you or refer you to an
    exercise programme shown to reduce fall risk. You
    may also receive guidance on how often you
    should do the exercises.

    These sample exercises can give you a sense of


    what to expect.

    Sit to Stand
    Jhon, Fitness+ Trainer

    1. Stand near a sturdy table or chair with your feet


    shoulder-width apart and look straight ahead.

    2. Hold on to the table or chair for support.

    3. Raise your heels off the floor and rock forwards


    onto your toes.

    4. Lower your heels to the ground.

    Repeat 10 times.
    As you get stronger and your balance improves,
    you can do the exercise without a table or chair.
    Molly, Fitness+ Trainer

    1. Sit on a sturdy chair with your knees in line with


    your hips and your feet facing forward.

    2. With your hands on the sides of the chair, lean


    forward while keeping your back straight.

    3. Push off with both hands to stand up.

    4. To sit down, bend your knees, hinge at your


    hips, reach your hands to the chair, slowly
    lower your hips and sit on the chair.

    Repeat 10 times.
    For more support, you can place the back of the
    chair against a wall. And as you get stronger, go

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    Hip Abduction Heel-Toe Walking

    Molly, Fitness+ Trainer LaShawn, Fitness+ Trainer

    1. Stand near a sturdy table or chair with your feet 1. Stand near a sturdy table, chair or wall with
    shoulder-width apart and look straight ahead. your feet shoulder-width apart and look
    straight ahead.
    2. Hold onto the table or chair for support.
    2. Hold onto the table, chair or wall for support.
    3. Keeping your legs straight, shift your weight to
    one leg and lift the other leg out to the side 3. Place one foot directly in front of the other,
    about 10–15 centimetres or as high as you can heel to toe, to form a straight line, as if you’re
    without tilting your hips. walking on a tightrope.

    4. Lower your leg back down. 4. Step forward, placing the back foot in front in
    the same way, heel to toe.
    Repeat 10 times with each leg.
    As you get stronger and your balance improves, 5. Continue for 10 steps.
    you can do the exercise without a table or chair. Turn round and repeat 10 times.

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    Walking and Turning Round

    LaShawn, Fitness+ Trainer

    1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and


    look straight ahead.

    2. Walk at your regular pace for 10 steps.

    3. Turn round clockwise.

    4. Walk back to your starting position.

    5. Turn round anticlockwise.

    Repeat 10 times.
    As you walk and turn, your path should create a
    figure of eight.

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