The benefits of balancing on one leg come from research from Kyoto University of Medicine (Japan). In it, researchers examined 1,387 people between the ages of 65 and 70.
The test required participants to balance on one leg for one minute, but 95.8% could not last more than 20 seconds.
Scientists concluded that if you cannot balance on one leg for more than 20 seconds, you have a high risk of having a stroke.
A new study of 1,700 people living in Brazil between the ages of 51 and 75 came to similar conclusions and adds further evidence to the benefits of one-legged balance.
Participants were asked to stand on one leg for 10 seconds, with one foot flexed and touching the calf of the other leg.
The team of scientists monitored their health and found that those who could not balance on one leg for at least 10-20 seconds had a 17.5% higher risk of dying from a stroke than those who could complete the test.
Meanwhile, Dr Murali Krishna, a health practitioner and consultant neurologist at CARE Hospital, Malakpet, Hyderabad (India), said that with lack of physical activity in daily life, the body's balance tends to be disturbed more and you will feel more tired.
This factor can not only affect your life expectancy but also affect the health of your body. Therefore, training by exercising and being more physically active will help you improve your health.
To achieve this goal, one of the methods suggested by Dr. Murali Krishna is to practice balancing on one leg for more than 10 seconds. This physical activity will help you improve your fitness and longevity.
The secret to doing this exercise well, Dr. Krishna shares, is to continue practicing standing on one leg regularly and whenever you have free time.
“With every workout, you have the opportunity to improve the ability of your brain and muscles to function effectively during exercise. The brain has the ability to form new neural connections and learn to recalibrate the coordination between the different organs involved during exercise,” says Dr. Krishna.
She also said that working your muscles more can also improve your balance and stability.
Additionally, incorporating yoga poses is a great option to improve leg stability and can help balance the body better.
Medical experts also recommend that trying to improve the ability to balance on one leg can help us increase muscle strength and prolong life, especially in the elderly, when muscle function and bones are no longer strong.
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