Loss of balance and a persons gait are early signs of Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer and dementia caregiver

Movement  is fundamental for us since we are biological human beings. That is why I was not surprised when in the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Vancouver, Canada one of the main lines of research is concentrating on how we age and our decline in movement. Changes in gait, loss of balance, clumsy coordination are all symptoms that we tend to associate with old age until now when researchers in Alzheimer are seeing how this extremely important changes can lead to early diagnosis and effective treatment. I have been training a client with Dementia and I can see clear changes in posture, gait, coordination.

WHAT IS ALZHEIMER DISEASE?

• Is a progressive and fatal brain disease. As many as 5.5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s destroys brain cells, causing memory loss and problems with cognitive thinking and behavior severe enough to affect in or out home, work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s gets worse over time, and it is fatal. Today it is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States.Warning Signs and Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease.

WARNING SIGNS

• Warning signs

WHAT CAN WE DO? BE SMART: EXERCISE YOUR HEART

Exercise and lately studies in cardiovascular activity are proving that aerobic exercise will improve and create new neurons in that section of the brain that it is sensitive to a progressive loss of neurons. A lately study proved the implications of exercise and how that section of the brain receives an incredible amount of blood when we exercise

Physical fitness levels influence brain atrophy in Alzheimer’s

Strength training as a countermeasure to aging muscle and chronic disease.

Total daily physical activity and the risk of AD and cognitive decline in older adults.

EXERCISE PREVENTS ALZHEIMER DISEASE:

ALZHEIMER DISEASE MEDICAL ANIMATION