Re: Balance - thanks Gretchen

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Dear Gretchen

Happy New Year to you

ALL THE BEST WISHES IN 2011.

I also would love to thank you again.

I will have a look at your advice tomorrow.

Right now is 5 o clock in the morning and I need to rest.

I am like a owl, love the evenings and I was watching films until late night

tonight and early mornings hehe.

Yes ...I am in Brasil thank God, the weather is much warmer now.

I will try while I am in Brasil to see an neurologist and also a very good

personal trainer and a Fisioterapist regarding this balance problem.

Sometimes I cried regarding this but I am fighting always ;-)

Gretchen, here I do not have a swimming pool nearby unfortunatelly and in Brasil

everybody drives a car and I don´t have a car and also don´t know how to

drive.Everytime I go out I take a taxi and it is not very cheap taxis here.

Been thinking of start to take driven lessons, have a try, need to experience

the feeling again. I drove before in london but never got the driving licence. I

feel so sorry now because when you drive you realy have a great feeling of

freedom.

Well, Gretchen I must go now.

Thank you again and I will have a look at those links later on.

Ps: Gretchen, I would like to ask you something regarding THE POSTS here, I can

not see the old posts ...do you know why?

I can see only the very recent posts from our friends.

Have a wonderful week Gretchen and all friends.

THANK YOU AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!!

Best Wishes

Hugs

Joana

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> Hi Joana,

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> So I guess you are back in Brazil now?

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> There ARE some exercises and movements to help with balance, you're best bet

would be to talk with a physical therapist about this. Below is an abstract from

2006 FYI. What I don't know is how far this type of balance training has gone -

whether it stayed 'on the continent', came to the US or is being used in Asia.

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> Enrolling in a Tai Chi, Pilates or Yoga class may also be an idea.Just watch

and do what you can. There are chair exercises to help balance, also aquatic

exercise has balance components to it.

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> Take a look at this http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/balance-exercises/SM00049

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> These may be too advanced, but I'm sure your PT can help you with something

similiar.http://www.physioadvisor.com.au/7667850/balance-exercises-improve-balan\

ce-physioadviso.htm That wobble board is what I use in the pool.

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> Gretchen

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> Balance Training for HMSN

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> Disabil Rehabil. 2006 Dec 15;28(23):1455-9.

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> Effects of dynamic balance training during standing and stepping in patients

with hereditary sensory motor neuropathy.

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> Matjaci & #263; Z, Zupan A.

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> Institute for Rehabilitation, Republic of Slovenia.

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> PURPOSE: To quantitatively evaluate the effects of dynamic balance training in

patients with hereditary sensory motor neuropathy (HSMN).

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> METHODS: Sixteen patients with HSMN were randomly assigned to either an

experimental or control group. The intervention session consisted of passive

stretching, muscle strengthening and dynamic balance training during standing

and stepping, which differed in that the experimental group used commercially

available balance training mechanical apparatus while the patients from the

control group were physically managed by a physiotherapist. The intervention

period was 12 days. Balance and mobility functions were assessed by means of

Berg Balance Scale, Up & go test and 10-m walk test before and after the

intervention period.

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> RESULTS: The within-group comparison (1-way repeated measures ANOVA) for the

experimental group showed statistically significant improvement (p < 0.05) in

Berg Balance Scale, Up & go test and 10-m walk test, while within-group comparison

for the control group showed statistically significant improvement only in Berg

Balance Scale (p < 0.05). The between-group comparison (2-way ANOVA) showed

larger improvement in the experimental group, however, these differences were

not statistically significant.

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> CONCLUSION: Dynamic balance training is useful training modality for patients

with HSMN. When exercised in the balance training mechanical apparatus used in

this study enables efficient balance and mobility training without requiring

physical assistance from a physiotherapist or a caregiver, which opens new

possibilities for continuing and more frequent physical exercise and mobility

training of patients with HSMN also at their homes.

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