Re: Test Standing on One Leg

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Ugh. I think I have something to add to my ever growing list of questions

for my neurologist. This test and the other one recently discussed are two

things I've NEVER been able to do. Stand up with my eyes OPEN, sure. Maybe

not with the highest level of gracefulness, but I CAN do it. Close my eyes

and while I don't actually fall flat of my rear, the best I do is a good

impression of the old toy called a Weeble (as in the round bottom wobbly

toys where the commercial used the song " weebles wobble but they don't fall

down " ). Yeah, I admit to remembering the 70's.

Dee

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> Hi All

> For proprioception one uses both feedback from your body, joints, nerves

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> muscles to advise the brain where you are in space, but also crucially you

> use your eyes. Vision enables you to orientate yourself to your

> surroundings. So testing on one leg and then closing your eyes just makes

> the job of proprioception harder by cutting out this back up support

> mechanism and therefore makes it easier to see imbalances.

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> Incidentally, my physiotherapist advises that balancing on one leg while at

> the same time maintaining correct posture is a really good way of training

> and strengthening the core muscles (in the lower abdomen and back and the

> muscles between the shoulder blades).

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> Trudi B

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