If you walk well on a flat road, you will fall without reason. If you walk well, you will still understand if the road surface is uneven, but if you walk on a flat ground, you can still fall by yourself, making it difficult for people to doubt that you are a mess.

The reason for falling down when walking is that the thighs cannot be lifted to the height of the foot and the toes that have not left the ground, the person continues to walk forward. To put it simply, the movements of the feet are not in place, so they are stumbled.

But when you say that if you are just wandering around, your body can be balanced and not develop to the point of falling. If that's the case, why do you still fall?

People who walk with two legs will move the center of gravity back and forth between the left and right feet when walking. First place the weight on the right foot, and then achieve balance, then break the balance, exit the left foot forward, and then transfer the weight to the left foot. In other words, under the state of deliberately breaking the balance, step the back foot forward.

Therefore, when the foot behind is on the ground, if the balance is not smooth, even on the barrier-free flat ground, it will twist its ankle or kick it to the ground and fall. This phenomenon is the same as standing and wearing a rooster, and the body will sway.

Please test, how many seconds can you stand with a single foot? If you cannot stand for fifteen seconds, it means that the body's sense of balance has deteriorated. However, you don’t have to feel sad because of this, nor do you need to practice hard. As long as you do three things simply, you can strengthen your sense of balance.

Please refer to the next page. By doing these three things, you can reawaken your sense of balance in your body. But be sure to pay attention to safety and be careful to fall if the center of gravity is unstable.

Perhaps someone may feel strange: "How can the sense of balance be attached to the power of vision?" As long as you try to stand on your own legs, you will naturally know that closing your eyes will easily shake, because vision has the effect of replenishing the sense of balance.

There is no need to strengthen the strength of the horny muscles. As long as you practice the balance of "when the body is shaking the hair, you will immediately pull the center of gravity back" immediately, it will not be easy to fall in love. Also, the vision that can be clearly seen from a distance can also help us maintain balance more easily.

In addition, install barrier-free space at home, such as: installing handrails on the stairs. Although this cannot be said to be a rainy day, it is an effective measure to prevent falls.

said that, here, some people may have thought that I am a masterpiece of the topic. As for the correctness, when it comes to barrier-free spaces, it is easy to think of facilities specially designed for people with disabilities, patients or people with high aging.

But in fact, barrier-free facilities are as convenient and easy to use for young people. I have this one myself. One day, my eyeglasses were covered with a fog in the steaming bathroom. I didn't notice the gap between the bathtub and the floor. I kicked my toes hard on the edge of the bathtub, and it was so painful that I almost fell down by a very small height difference. If you use a barrier-free bathtub, there is no such risk. I used to live in a house with a handrail in my bathroom, and I still remember how easy it is to get up from the bathtub. Therefore, barrier-free facilities are never equipment that is exclusive to those who are older or disabled.

If economic conditions are allowed and it is easy to spend as much as possible, it is better to spend some budgets, slowly eliminate the old and change the new, and replace the barrier-free facilities. This will not only be easy to use, but also reduce the risk of injury. Although the damage caused by falling can be large or small, cases of illness from this are quite common.

However, you can avoid the life that needs someone to take care of, or delay the care of five or ten years after testing your balance, wearing a suitable pair of lenses, setting up barrier-free facilities in your home environment.

Don't be mistaken by the "defaultless" bias, just consider it the equipment necessary to create a convenient and ideal home.

※ This article is excerpted from "Getting Ageing Well: Enjoying the Miscellaneous Changes of 55 Physical and Mind Spirits Freely".

"Getting old well: Enjoying the 55 Mind Changes in Body and Mind Spirits Freely"

Author: Hiramatsu

Translator: Hu Huiwen

Publisher: Times Publishing

Publication Date: 2020/12/15

"Getting Older: Enjoying the Miscellaneous Changes of 55 Physical and Mind Spirits Freely" is a book cover.

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