My Ph.D. from Purdue University is in Management, specifically, Strategic Management (SM.) SM spends the majority of its effort on informing a business entity on what it needs to do in order to achieve its objectives and is very short on the how, or implementation of its prescription or strategy.
My last blog entry addressed Proprioception as the body’s ability to sense its orientation in a constantly changing environment. My bottom line was that those of us on peritoneal dialysis have to continually work on our balance but I did not address “how.” This blog addresses “how.”
It takes me roughly 12 minutes to set up the Liberty Cycler every evening as a precursor to preparing for bed. I generally accomplish this task around 7 PM, watch a couple of TV shows, then go to bed by 9:30 PM or so. During these 12 minutes, there are several null periods where I’m waiting for the Cycler to complete a given task. During these periods, I now practice standing on first one foot counting to 20 seconds then the other. I do this for the entire setup of the Cycler. By doing so, I set the Cycler up for the night, and use snippets of time that were otherwise “wasted” to work on my balance.
There are many other life activities during which balance may also be practiced. Standing in line or “online” as they say in New York is one. My wife back in the day used to iron for me and our two sons and often stood on one foot with the bottom of her other foot tucked into her knee area. She can still do this by-the-way. I fall on my face even trying so I have a way to go.
My point is just do it and you will be better for it. And don’t ring the bell!
The lead picture is from Bing Illustrator with the prompt “picture of woman exercising balance standing on one foot with other leg tucked into her knee“
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