17/09/2025
How's your balance? I suspect a lot of you answered ‘pretty poor’ am I right? It’s Balance Awareness Month so I thought this would be a great opportunity to highlight the importance of having good balance and what you can do to improve it should you need to. Here are the benefits of good balance.👉🏼 Injury Prevention 👉🏼 Improved Muscle Strength and Tone 👉🏼 Enhanced Performance all round 👉🏼 Better Cognitive Function The video shows a test for you to try. This is a simple ‘runner’s pose’ that you want to hold for minimum of 30 secs on each foot (eyes open, head still). If you can successfully complete that with no excessive wobbles or putting the foot down then move onto holding it with your eyes closed and then finally trying it whilst looking left and right (the videos show each test).If you manage to perform each test successfully then fantastic however you should still look to incorporate or continue to incorporate balance training into your daily routines or workouts.If you found it a real challenge and you have experienced foot, ankle, knee, hip or back issues in the past then look out for some ways to help over the coming weeks or get in touch to talk about a bespoke training program for you.
