Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 , >Lately I'm coming to realize just how bad my balance really is, and I'm >wondering whether there are any nutritional factors involved. Any pointers? > I recommend you get a balance ball to sit and do strength training on. And do some standing yoga poses. The balance poses are best done while focusing on one spot on the wall. It is necessary to train these stabilizing muscles if you are losing balance. With your nutrient dense diet, that is what I would concentrate on, if I were you. But then again, if it is a sudden thing, then perhaps auditory health ought to be considered as well. Equilibrium problems might be the cause. Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Deanna- >I recommend you get a balance ball to sit and do strength training on. >And do some standing yoga poses. The balance poses are best done while >focusing on one spot on the wall. It is necessary to train these >stabilizing muscles if you are losing balance. Well, I wouldn't say I'm losing balance, but I tried the test of standing on one foot with my eyes closed, and I certainly didn't do well at that! OTOH, I do a lot of one-legged squats twice a week and I'm more or less OK at those, balance-wise (IOW I have no problem getting through them). I've also been rather acrophobic since I was a little kid, and it occurs to me those are (or can be, anyway) related. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 On 8/4/05, Idol <Idol@...> wrote: > I've also been rather acrophobic since I was a little kid, and it > occurs to me those are (or can be, anyway) related. I think so too. When I was a little kid, if I'd look out the big window in a hotel room, I'd feel like I was going to fall out, like there was no wall there. It wasn't a thought that I would, but a physical feeling, that really seems like it's tied into balance and equilibrium. On the other hand, I think practicing can improve balance a lot. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 Chris- >On the other hand, I think practicing can improve balance a lot. No doubt, and I guess I could just incorporate eyes-closed balancing into my workouts (just what I need -- MORE crap to stretch out my infernal #*%*ing workouts even MORE) but since I believe this has its roots in my early childhood, I was wondering whether there's a nutritional component to the problem. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 On 8/5/05, Idol <Idol@...> wrote: > Chris- > > >On the other hand, I think practicing can improve balance a lot. > > No doubt, and I guess I could just incorporate eyes-closed balancing into > my workouts (just what I need -- MORE crap to stretch out my infernal > #*%*ing workouts even MORE) but since I believe this has its roots in my > early childhood, I was wondering whether there's a nutritional component to > the problem. My suspicion is that it is rooted in nutritional deficiency during development, where a lot of the equilibrium stuff goes through its formative stages, rather than a current nutritional deficiency. I don't know how your childhood nutrition was, but I was raised on an apple juice diet as an infant, because I was allergic to everything else. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 Chris- >I don't know how your childhood nutrition was, but I was raised on an >apple juice diet as an infant, because I was allergic to everything >else. Initially it was apparently fairly good in some ways -- plenty of beef, chicken livers, vegetables -- though there was bread aplenty too. But then later my mom went on all sorts of disastrous kicks. Macrobiotics, veganism, massive quantities of soy, etc. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 , >No doubt, and I guess I could just incorporate eyes-closed balancing into >my workouts (just what I need -- MORE crap to stretch out my infernal >#*%*ing workouts even MORE) but since I believe this has its roots in my >early childhood, I was wondering whether there's a nutritional component to >the problem. > FWIW, I find balance with eyes closed quite challenging as well, especially if I am not used to the movement involved. I'd say, if you can do it with eyes open, fine, then try the eyes closed after mastery of the balance. Injury possibility is not worth the effort, imo. Deanna with twingy knee after 6 miler, resting on morrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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