Balance Training: Should Your Client’s Age Affect Your Programming?

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Balance Training: Should Your Client’s Age Affect Your Programming?

The ability to effectively perform balance activities throughout the lifespan is important for health as well as activity-related components of everyday life, which makes training for balance performance a critical piece of exercise programming. However, should we train balance in older adults the same way that we train younger adults?

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Working with Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease

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Working with Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease

As a health and exercise professional who works with older adults, you may encounter clients who suffer from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Learn why participating in an exercise program may improve your client’s quality of life by helping to slow the progress of the disease and improve memory, reasoning, and thinking skills as well as ease depression and anxiety.

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