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What have you done to improve balance?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Jul 30 1:52pm | Replies (72)Comment receiving replies
I use a stationary bike or treadmill for 1 hours every day. I have notice improvement on stairs and walking. I agree that being active is the key. There must be different types of "balance". When my eyes are open, I have no problem. If I stand and close my eyes, the world swirls til I open them. If I put my head back like looking up, I will fall. I have heard that balance is partly an ear thing. (I do wear hearing aids). This happens only while standing. I don't know anything on balance issues but I am learning from these blog comment. - Thank You.
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@stephencbabcock - I was told by a top neuro doc that balance is controlled by feeling, sight and hearing. If any one of these are compromised, it can impact balance. I have numbness in feet so like you, if walk into a room and the lights go out, I'm in trouble.
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Hi, @stephencbabcock
I, too, will feel like I might fall if I look up. My partner, who is short, will sometimes ask if I would fetch something from one of our kitchen's higher cabinets. I've learned, when I reach up, I'd better have the fingers of one hand touching lightly to the kitchen counter. It's like something we "wall walkers" know: it doesn't take a deathgrip to maintain your balance; just a light touch. I tell people the light touch is to help me remember where I am in relation to the center of the Earth, or which way is up and which way is down. That's all it takes.
Ray (@ray666)