Hello, and welcome!
I hope you are keeping well! Thank you
for stopping by. I've been having balance problems since I first had Covid
19 in January 2020. If you have balance issues too, whatever the
cause, I hope that by my sharing a little info and
a simple exercise this will help prevent you from falling.
I am thankfully quite fit. I eat a
healthy vegetarian diet. I walk, use an exercise bike, swim, take a weekly
exercise class, and dance when the mood takes me. In other words, I'm no slouch
or couch potato. But. Before I started using the exercise below, often, at
home, when walking slowly and changing direction, I would end up spinning
around and almost falling instead. Really weird!
Anyway, about your balance problems, the first
thing to say is: do consult a doctor to try to find out the cause. Viruses seem to be a common culprit. Cue... Covid 19: a
completely new strain of virus. This has meant that scientists have needed time
and research to come up with answers and solutions. (From personal experience,
not many solutions…) Over the years I have researched this Covid phenomenon but only quite recently came across an article that mentioned my main issues:
- Poor balance when standing or changing positions (The *exercise below helps remedy this.)
- Problems walking in a straight line or in busy areas such as a
shopping mall (I can keep in a straightish line when I walk fast - which is
fortunately my preferred speed. But manoeuvring slowly through crowds is tough.
It was though, a bit of a relief to read these stated problems as I had begun to
wonder what on earth was happening to me!)
If you have long-Covid balance problems too, please
click this link for the full article. See this link for lots more info
There are many exercises to be found online to help overcome balance
problems. The one I want to share with you was recommended by friend Gill, who also
suffers with my kind of long-Covid balance problem. I needed little
encouragement to try out this *Clock-Turn technique. I've been using
it for about 9 months and it works. Basically, I was advised not to turn around
quickly and thoughtlessly. But instead to think of a clockface and move my feet
to, say, ten past, twenty past, then half past the hour.
If that sounds complex this 41 second YouTube video shows
exactly what I mean. As falls can be so very dangerous, and it so simple
to do this move, I humbly suggest it could be a lifesaver!
Using this movement has now become habitual for me, and has made me more thoughtful and careful when changing direction while walking at any time; at home or out in the world. Thankfully, I don't spin around anymore!
In conclusion, I recently came across an article written by a doctor who says that we can minimize falls by doing a few simple movements regularly to strengthen the muscles that, basically, keep us upright. Here's the link which gives info and shows the simple moves. I've started doing some of these such as raising onto my toes while waiting for the kettle to boil.
I hope that you find the above helpful. And if you know of anyone else having balance problems I do hope that you will pass this info on. Because, as St Paul said to the Philippians:
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Philippians 2:4
God bless,
Teresa x
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