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In reply to the discussion: How Old Are You? Stand on One Leg and I'll Tell You [View all]Scrivener7
(52,281 posts)years, I was busy taking care of others and massively neglecting my own health. When I got back around to paying attention to myself, I found I had deteriorated a lot. One thing that had gone very bad was my balance.
I started working on it beginning the day after Christmas, 2023. At the start, I could just about balance 5 or 6 seconds on either foot. The skill returned slowly, but it has returned. I can do the yoga pose where you hold one leg bent and stretch the other hand over your head and balance on one foot for 1 minute now.
I just worked on it each morning while the coffee was percolating. A couple of minutes. I also do a series of stretches and some planks, just about 10 minutes in total. It's made a huge difference.