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Balance & Gait Problems: A Real Puzzler
Aging Well | Last Active: May 27, 2022 | Replies (59)Comment receiving replies
Hi, John @johnbishop Thank you for this! I will definitely follow up. As you probably gathered from my post, I'm a little on edge about again discussing my gait with my primary. She and I have discussed this so often over the years. I even asked her one time if she knew of a specialist, someone akin to a holistic practitioner, who would take into account all of my body's maladies, to see if it might be a composite that's causing my unsteady gait. Again, thank you for spotting my post! ––Ray @ray666
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Hey Ray! Thought I’d pop in with my 2 cents worth.
I had issues with my spinal cord a few years ago. Lost my ability to walk for a bit which led to obvious issues. (Side effect of my transplant) When I was back on my feet, I felt really frail, my gait was off and my walking stability was just weird. My transplant team jumped on this with a trip to a physical therapist. Wow, she worked with me for several weeks, giving me exercises to improve my core muscles and my balance. That worked miracles within 2 weeks!
There are simple ways to test your balance at home to see if this might be at the core of the problem…no pun intended. 😅 https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&ei=UTF-8&p=Ways+to+test+your+balance#id=2&vid=13401e71967e403cbe6fc71ba96b9828&action=click
As for your holistic approach to your problem. https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/integrative-medicine-health/sections/overview/ovc-20464567
Have you ever considered integrative medicine?
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Hi Ray, Hoping it works for you as well as it did for @sueinmn. Sounds like it was a lot of work but well worth it.