Four easy balance training exercises for seniors

One of the leading causes of injury in seniors is falling. As our bodies age, our bones can grow more brittle and our muscles, ligaments and tendons become more tense and prone to strains and sprains. As a senior, when you fall, you risk injuring these parts of your body. In worst-case scenarios, you could […]

Balance conditions treatable by vestibular rehabilitation

Many people know that physical therapists can help people recover from injuries or perform better at sports. This is true, but the skillset of the physical therapists at Continuum Wellness is much broader. One area that our physical therapists specialize in treating is vestibular conditions. Vestibular conditions cause dizziness, imbalance, double-vision, nausea and fatigue. Living […]

Proprioceptive Training, Part Two: Injury and Proprioceptive Deficits

How does damage or altered proprioception occur? After an injury, or just not using our bodies can create less stimulation to the proprioceptors.  It’s “use it or lose it” with our constantly changing nervous system.  The body can lose some of its proprioceptive ability due to pain which will have an effect on muscular activation […]

Proprioceptive Training, Part One

Have you ever wondered about your ability to sense movement?  Your ability to know where you are in space? The unconscious perception of movement and the ability to know where you are spatially with orientation to other objects against gravity arises from the stimuli and the receptors within the body itself.  Every precise, coordinated movement […]