3 Steps To Improve Chiropractic Care in South Lake Tahoe

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Dr. Darin Haworth
Website summittoshore.com
Email office_at_summittoshore.com
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3 Steps for Improving Balance Training

• Here are 3 steps that will help you improve your
  balance training and why it is important to work
  on.
• The word for the day is proprioception.
  Proprioception is our awareness of where our body
  is in space. For example, I can have my hand
  behind my head and I know where it is without
  having to look at it. We have A system in our
  body and brain that will continually give our
  brain feedback of where our body is in space. One
  benefit of that is it will help us not get
  injured and the other aspect is just knowing
  where we are and how to function. The two big
  concerns with this system is that it will
  decrease as we age and when we get injured.

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Headaches South Lake Tahoe
At times where seasons are changing, skiing and
snowboarding to biking and hiking kind of
activities, there is A change in the activities
we commonly perform and transitions times of the
year are times where people get injured because
their bodies arent ready for the new activities,
and that includes balance. Balance training can
be really easy to do and can help with injury
prevention and keep you moving the right way.
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Chiropractic Treatment

• Step 1 Consistency. When you compare trying to
  change nerves and pathways, such as balance, with
  trying to change muscles, consistency makes a big
  difference. Nerves would benefit more from doing
  things 1 to 5 minutes everyday and muscles
  benefit more from say 60 minutes in a day and
  then rest 48 hours and before repeating that
  activity. If you are planning on doing this for
  once a week for 30 minutes a day, it isnt a
  complete waste of time, but you are going to get
  very little improvement from that type of program.

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Step 2 Progression. For basic balance on lower
extremity or back type work this is an easy
progression you can complete. First step would be
lifting one leg and balance on one leg. If you
can do that, great. Now make it more difficult by
closing the eyes. This will help some of that
proprioception. Then when closing the eyes seems
simple, progress to something like a pillow or
unstable surface and do the same progression of
balance on one leg and then closing the eyes, all
while trying to maintain for at least 30 seconds.
Step 3 Functional Progression. Everyone will be
a little different here depending on what type of
activities they are trying to get into. A common
one that we will go over is a basic jumping and
landing. A bad example first would be when you
jump and your knees dive in, whether on the jump
or landing isnt good. This is a really common
injury pattern that you want to avoid. Sometimes
this knee caving in has a weakness involved and
sometimes it is just a bad pattern.
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A good example would be jumping and landing with
knees right over the feet. This position is much
better on the knees and back. You are much less
likely to have injuries with that type of landing
position, with the knees over the toes. The other
example would be jumping side to side. Again, try
and keep the knees from diving inward towards the
inside. Some of those patterns can be just bad
patterns that have to be trained out. If you have
been injured, it has probably changed and needs
help to be changed back to get you back to what
you love to do around Lake Tahoe. Tahoes
Premiere Sports Chiropractor
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Contact Us Business Name Summit to Shore
Chiropractic Owner Name Dr. Darin
Haworth Country/Region United States Street
Address 2877 Lake Tahoe Blvd Ste E S. Lake Tahoe
City South Lake Tahoe State
California Postal Code CA 96150 Phone No
530-544-8495 Email office_at_summittoshore.com Webs
ite https//summittoshore.com/
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