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Better Balance: 8 Week Self-Paced Course

4 Modules 11 Chapters 41 Lessons Easy

What You Will Learn:

When your balance is off, life is tough. In the worst cases it's difficult to even get out of bed. In mild cases you may just feel a little less confident or a little unsure of yourself. No matter how good or bad your balance is, no matter how old or young you are, no matter how ill or well you feel, you can improve your balance with the right tools!

This course will give you those tools and the encouragement and community to help you use them to have better balance!

We'll give you everything you need to succeed and bring your balance up from where it is today to safe, stable and independent, again. This is an 8 week self-paced program with email and online support!

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Course Structure

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1 Chapter

How This Balance Course Works

You'll learn how to access the course material and how and where you can connect with us with questions about the course. You'll also be able to connect with us outside the course on social media, etc. if you choose to. We'll jump in to everything balance next module!

Pre Week One 3 Lessons

Let’s Get to Know Each Other!

Let's get your feet wet with using this course and get to know each other. There are instructors and other students in here! Let's keep it positive!

Introduction–How to Get the Most From This Balance Course

This is where you'll find a starting point and guide for completing this course.

Connect With A Community–Positive Peer Pressure

One of the quickest ways to change your habits and behavior and a way to get your course for free!

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1 Chapter

Getting Started--Make Your Balance Road Map!

In this module I'm going to introduce you to the balance assessments we'll be doing. To get where you want to be (great balance and confidence!) we need to know where you are now and plot a course...a course to better balance! In other words. To get to point B, we need to find point A.

Week 1 - Testing 8 Lessons

5 Whys, Goals, Before Action Review

If we know why we are doing something and who we need to become, we will have a lot more success. Latest psychological research and a technique from the military will start us off on the right foot!

Point A: How Bad (or Good) Is Your Balance

Introduction to testing your balance

Assessment-ABC Total Balance

How to assess your total balance score.

Assessment-Standing Still

Assessing "static balance". Can you stand still without swaying? Are your balance troubles from your vision, equilibrium or body?

Assessment-Dynamic Balance

How is your balance when you get moving? Let's find out!

Assessment-Strength

Is weakness a problem with your balance? Let's find out!

Assessment-Flexibility

How does your flexibility play a role in your balance?

Assessment-Vertigo

How to assess the severity of vertigo and the location of the problem.

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5 Chapters

On The Road to Better Balance!

This is "the meat" of the course! We're going to go through each system and help you improve each part of you, then put it all together so you are safe and confident! Don't worry, we'll make each step of the way simple and actionable! Plus we'll be here for support, every step of the way!

Week 2 - Foundations 4 Lessons

2 Types of Exercisers

In this lesson we'll broadly divide ourselves into one of two categories and talk about ways to maximize our effectiveness at sticking with any exercise program.

Let’s Get Rid of Your Vertigo/Dizziness

For those with dizziness or vertigo, this is the first lesson for you to get rid of that world spinning trouble!

Standing Balance- Positions and Ankle Reactions

The first standing balance exercises. These exercises can be graded from very easy, to very difficult. They are simple, but effective for everyone and a great place to start building your exercise routines!

Let’s Start Getting Flexible!

Everyone could loosen up a little! In this lesson, we'll explore the main three areas people get tight and how to start getting looser!

Week 3 - Building on Foundations 4 Lessons

Exercise Theory- How Often Should You Exercise?

We'll talk about the optimal exercise guidelines. How often should you do each type of exercise? Strength vs. Flexibility vs. Balance and Coordination vs. Motion Sensitivity.

Exercises for Motion Sensitivity and Equilibrium Issues

These exercises are great for post vertigo treatment, but also for anyone who is just "a little off"! They are simple to learn and easy to do! Be consistent!

Strengthening Exercises

Balance is more than just keeping upright. We need to be able to move and that takes muscle! How do you build it and which exercises are most important? You'll learn in this lesson!

Dynamic Balance Practice

In this lesson we learn the basics of dynamic balance. Life is about movement. Later we will build on these basics to really get moving!

Week 4 - Retest and The Power of Routines 4 Lessons

Retest Time – Revisit Your Why

At the end of the week we'll be half way through the course. It is time to re-test and revisit why you are taking this course in the first place. There is still a lot to learn, but let's celebrate how far you've come!

Step Overs to Dancing!

All that practice on step overs will help you start dancing! Watch this video to learn how your practice is paying off and have a little fun!

Core Tucks and Tilts

We will start with core strengthening to help us transfer our movements from our feet to the rest of our body. This lesson is all about safe exercises to start improving your core. Who knows, you may even get a six pack along the way!

Exercise With Me for the First Half of the Course

All the major exercises in the first half of the course put together into one 35 minute exercise session. Come exercise along with me!

Week 5 - Games and Next Level 6 Lessons

Hip Reactions

These exercises help us with big losses of balance so we don't end up on "America's Funniest Home Videos" after a major fall into a kiddie pool. They are an extension of the ankle reactions we went over earlier which help with little losses of balance.

Advanced Balance Position Exercises

In this lesson we will progress the balance positions we learned earlier to include some of the equilibrium exercises we learned earlier! Two birds, one stone and more challenge and fun!

Revisiting Motion Sensitivity

We'll cover two more exercises for motion sensitivity, just in case you still are having any issues with dizziness after doing the first round of vestibular exercises and treatments.

Simple Back Stretches and Posture

We'll learn some simple back stretches to help you feel loose and get you standing taller!

Balance Clocks

These exercises are deceptively simple, but will strengthen your ankles, knees, hips, back, core and even arms all while improving your balance! It's almost a miracle exercise that's so deceptively simple, but the tips in this lesson will help you modify the exercise to ANY difficulty level!

Balance Games With A Friend

Now that we have the basics down, it's time to introduce some more fun! In this lesson we will learn about some fun balance games to play with a friend.

Week 6 - Dynamic Balance Next Level 5 Lessons

Core Next Level

We'll build on the basics and take the core exercises to the next level! (You may even get a six pack!)

Stepping Response

Once you have mastered the ankle reactions and hip reactions, we'll take these to the next level with stepping responses! (How to avoid falling into a kiddie pool and ending up on AFV.)

Hip and Back Extension Strength

We'll work on hip and back extension strength so you can stand taller that you have in some time! (And longer too!)

How to Get Up From the Floor

How to get up from the floor (because you chose to get down there). Or help someone else up off the floor (because they fell and couldn't get up).

Dynamic Balance Next Level

Now we're really going to get moving! These exercises will take it to the next level! (And they are fun too!)

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4 Chapters

Bonus Materials

Find all your bonus materials for the balance course here!

Q&A Sessions 4 Lessons

Group Q&A Session #1

Q&A Session #1 Replay.

Group Q&A Session #2

Q&A Session #2

Group Q&A Session #3

Q&A Session #3. Coinciding with week 5. Uncovering new barriers and progressing to multisystem exercises.

Group Q&A Session #5

Group Q&A #5. All questions answered!

Downloads 1 Lesson

Self Assessments

All your self assessments throughout the course so you don't need to go digging for them in the lessons! You're welcome! ;)

Back Pain 1 Lesson

Two Types of Back Pain and How to Fix Them

We'll talk about two types of back pain and give you a couple exercises to do for each. We can't let back pain get in the way of our balance!

Arthritis 1 Lesson

Managing Arthritis

How to manage arthritis! (So it doesn't manage you!)