PHASE 3

Stability and balance exercises

Poor balance can have a significantly negative effect on an individual’s quality of

life — even limiting independence — whether it is the result of aging, surgery or
neurological complications.

Balance is the ability to maintain your center of gravity within your base of support
or, in simple terms, the ability to stand up and not fall over.

Balance also can be differentiated as static balance (standing still, standing on

one leg, etc.) and dynamic stability, or the ability to maintain balance during
movement. For someone struggling with balance, static balance and dynamic
stability often need to be addressed.

Strengthening Exercises

Strengthening exercises are exercises which are designed to increase the

strength of specific or groups of muscles. Strengthening exercises overload the
muscle until the point of muscle fatigue. This force and overload of a muscle
encourages the growth, increasing the strength. Weak muscles can increase the
risk of injury to the surrounding joints and soft tissues.

Preparatory exercises for the march

These exercises are intended to prepare the patient to achieve independence in

terms of walking, include coordination exercises, proprioception, and strength of
the factors that start with the bedridden patient, following the position of the sitting
to finalize with the patient standing, reeducating the walk by the physiotherapist.