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Following on from the falls thread ......

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Falls (not water)

We have Wednesday Tea at the clubhouse organised by the social committee. Once a month they arrange for a speaker/presenter on various topics. There were two talks this year on falls, specifically the elderly. They show you how to fall and then get up again. This is all good and well how to...
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RogerS said:
Re your balance issues…..have you sought professional help? There are many many reasons for loss of balance. Some definitely need investigating. I recommend a two-prong approach. Your GP is one and for the second look for a specialist in vestibular rehabilitation.
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I needed to see what this meant, and a quick surf delivered

vestibular.org

Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT)

Vestibular rehabilitation therapy is a specialized, exercise-based therapy intended to alleviate problems caused by vestibular disorders.
vestibular.org vestibular.org

Then digging around looking for exercises, bearing in mind

RogerS said:
Be aware that it's best to have an expert tell you the type of exercise you need.
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The digging led me down a rabbit hole to come across something that I had seen in a movie long time ago and did not know what it was.
Tai Chi
It looks do-able without really damaging myself.

I will do some further research.

Some U-T videos



 
Some great links there, thank you. As I have peripheral neuropathy (basically no feeling in my feet and lower legs - fully investigated with umpteen scans and tests), it was interesting to hear about VRT. Balance is definitely an issue for me and is th root cause of being accident prone. It's also why I realised that going up ladders (or more particularly coming back down) requires a scout to make sure I actually have my feet on something. :D
 
AJB Temple said:
Some great links there, thank you. As I have peripheral neuropathy (basically no feeling in my feet and lower legs - fully investigated with umpteen scans and tests), it was interesting to hear about VRT. Balance is definitely an issue for me and is th root cause of being accident prone. It's also why I realised that going up ladders (or more particularly coming back down) requires a scout to make sure I actually have my feet on something. :D
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You need a small cherry picker mate, get rid of ladders altogether!

I'd bloody LOVE a little cherry picker for doing gutters, trimming the wisteria etc. The amount of time, and earache, it would save me would be phenomenal! The Wisteria grows SO quickly in the spring/summer that my scaffold is pretty much out the whole summer for me to get up and cut off the bit forcing their way into the eaves and behind the gutter.

Wife hates it being out (and I get it, as it's ugly being there in the garden all summer) and I hate having to go up and down it, then move it along, so it either doesn't get done for a few weeks at a time, or does but I don't want to break it down to have to put it up again two weeks later!

Me now trying to decide whether I can legitimately sell my scaffold and replace with this... Mewp
 
TrimTheKing said:
..........Me now trying to decide whether I can legitimately sell my scaffold and replace with this... Mewp
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But they're so readily hire-able. I'm not sure why you'd invest in one rather than just hire one for a weekend once or twice a year.
 
They are only any good on flat hard ground, preferably concrete. In fact on uneven or soft ground they are dangerous.
 
A few years ago I joined a yoga class. It always began with the ‘corpse’ position whereby students would lie down for a few moments and relax. At the end of the lesson someone would poke me and I’d wake up. I never really got on with yoga. Perhaps a bit of tai chi might be more suitable because I’ve rarely (although I can’t say, ‘never’) fallen asleep whilst standing.
 
Mike G said:
But they're so readily hire-able. I'm not sure why you'd invest in one rather than just hire one for a weekend once or twice a year.
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Simple Mike, because I'm disorganised and easily distracted, so I'd hire it, get bored, not finish the job then need to do it again next weekend!

I'm not serious about buying one, just need to get my backside in gear and be more organised and diligent towards setting up and finishing the job in one hit!

Let's see...
 
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