How I did it: This one was hard.  It took a lot of work and I'm very pleased with myself now that I'm done.

I tried a lot of different things, like yoga, standing on one leg and moving around and then switching legs and trying that, walking along things I had to balance on, Tai Chi, and so on.

In the end, here's what worked:  I went to the Mayo Clinic's web site and downloaded a set of five balance-improving exercises that took about fifteen minutes a day to do.  I did them diligently for about three and a half weeks and noticed a major improvement, but then I broke my foot hiking and had to stop for a while.  Once my foot healed, I got back to them.  Now, I've done them thirty days and my balance is much, much better.  I can even do the exercises slowly and carefully while barefoot without falling once.  I used to need to wear shoes and would fall constantly while doing them.

I'm just very pleased with myself.

Lessons & tips: The Mayo Clinic web site has good balance exercises.  You can download them and do them daily.  They take a while, but they really work.

Resources: Mayo Clinic web site.

Jul 10, 2012, 08:12PM PDT | 0 comments | 7 cheers