Balance & Body Control
The ability to keep your body steady while standing or moving
what is balance?
Your ability to see and gather information about your surroundings
What is Vision?
Body tissues that produce movement and help support your body
What are Muscles?
Something that helps you remain steady or maintain your position
What is Support?
What is a Surface?
The ability to stay controlled and steady during movement
What is Stability?
The organs that allow you to see your surroundings
What are Eyes?
Footwear that protects and supports your feet while walking
What are Shoes?
An assistive device that can provide support while walking
What is a Cane?
A surface that is not flat or level
What is Uneven?
What is Walking?
The parts of your body that contact the ground when you stand and walk
What are Feet?
The grip between your shoes and the ground
An assistive device typically has four legs and provides a wide base of support to improve balance and stability while walking
What is a Walker?
A paved path designed for people to walk on
What is a Sidewalk?
The position in which you hold your body while standing or moving
What is Posture?
The joints connecting your feet to your lower legs
What are Ankles?
Actions and conditions that help reduce the chance of injury
What is Safety?
A surface made of small, loose stones
What is Gravel?
Your muscles' ability to produce force
What is Strength?
The lower limbs that support your body during standing and walking
What are Legs?
The bottom part of a show that contacts the ground
What is Sole?
What is Awareness?
Hard objects that can create an uneven walking surface
What are Rocks?
A raised edge between surfaces, such as a sidewalk and street
What is a Curb?
Openings or breaks in a walking surface
What are Cracks?
Objects that interfere with a clear walking path
What are Obstacles?
Things in the environment that could increase the chance of an injury or fall
What are Hazards?
Objects that block or crowd a walking path
What is Clutter?
Light that allows you to see your surroundings
What is Lighting?
A condition with little or no light
What is Darkness?
Movements where one foot is placed in front of or away from the other during walking
What are Steps?
A series of raised steps used to move between different heights
What are Stairs?
A rail you can hold for support when using stairs or ramps
What is a Handrail?
A surface with reduced grip that can allow your feet to slide
What is Slippery?
Covered or saturated with water or another liquid
What is Wet?
Moving at a reduced speed
What is Slow?
To briefly stop before continuing an activity
What is a Pause?
Directing your attention toward what you are doing or seeing
What is Focus?
An event in which a person unintentionally comes down to the ground or another lower level
What is a Fall?
A feeling or being lightheaded, unsteady or as though you or your surrounding are moving
What is Dizziness?
The ability of your joints and muscles to move through available motion
What is Flexibility?
Taking steps to stop something harmful from happening
What is Prevention?
What is Practice?
Planned physical activity performed to improve or maintain fitness and function
What is Exercise?
A change in the position of your body or a body part
What is Movement?
The ability of different body parts to work together smoothly
What is Coordination?
Changing the direction your body is facing or moving
What is Turning?
The path or way your body is moving
What is Direction?