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WHAT IS CHRONIC PAIN?
Pain is considered chronic when it lasts or recurs for more than 3 to 6 months. In other words, chronic pain persists and extends beyond the expected period of normal healing time.
CORRELATION BETWEEN
PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
All pain is perceived and processed in the brain through the central nervous system.
Central sensitization amplifies pain response signals and even non-painful stimuli such as ordinary touch, pressure, and temperature can also cause pain.
Central sensitization is influenced by biological, psychological, and social (biopsychosocial) factors. There has been recognized that some features such as stress, depression, anxiety, fear, fatigue, sleep problems, irritability, cognitive problems can lower the pain thresholds through central sensitization and perceive a higher level of pain.
HOW MANY ADULTS ARE SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC PAIN?
1 in 5 adults is suffering from chronic pain (excluding cancer patients).
Source from WTO data
THE COMMON
CHRONIC PAIN
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Trigger Finger
Sciatica
Knee Osteoarthritis
Plantar Fasciitis
Jumper's Knees
WHY IS BALANCING IMPORTANT TO YOU?
Balance is a key component of fitness, along with strength, endurance, and flexibility. To help with performing your daily activities like standing on tiptoes to reach something on the top shelf, walking up and down the stairs, or walking on an uneven sidewalk without falling.
WHY WOULD WE DECREASE IN BALANCE AND CONSEQUENCES?
Decreased balance is attributable to an age-related decline in multiple physiological systems that contributes to decreased muscle flexibility and strength, reduced central processing of sensory information and slowed motor responses. In addition to an increased risk of falls, diminished balance and mobility may limit your activities of daily living and participation in leisure-time activities.
WHY DO WE NEED
BALANCE EXERCISES?
Balance exercises can improve posture and strength, as well as improve standing balance and locomotor performance in order to strengthen self-efficacy in balance control leading to improved fall-related self-efficacy, reduced fear of falling, increased walking speed and improved physical function.