[Sportsandrec] Find Your Fit

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You can also get physical therapy to improve your balance.  Most insurances will pay for physical therapy because they don't want you to fall.  You might ask your primary care doctor to write you a prescription for physical therapy.  

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> On Feb 22, 2017, at 9:23 PM, Ashley Bramlett via SportsandRec <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Cindy,
> I'm not totally blind, but do have balance issues. I think most blind people do. You can improve it though and still do the majority of exercises so its not a big deal.
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Cindy Ray via SportsandRec
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 11:41 PM
> To: 'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'
> Cc: Cindy Ray
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Find Your Fit
> 
> My second husband was a psychology professor. I was taking ballet and having
> some problems with balance, and he told me that was the reason. At first I
> wasn't willing to buy it, but gradually I came to believe it. I did learn to
> do puroets (agh spelling) and focused on a point, turning my head at the
> last minute as they aught, but I had plenty of issues with balance .
> Cindy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SportsandRec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Kociaba Fitness via SportsandRec
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 10:35 AM
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> Cc: Kociaba Fitness <kociabafitness at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Find Your Fit
> 
> Cindy,
> Yes I was on around this time last year I believe. I had not been doing the
> Lighthouse gig for very long so I figure it must have been in feb or march
> of last year.
> 
> We did spend a fair bit of time talking about balance and how to improve it
> as well as Kevin trying to debate the point that blind people have poor
> balance as a rule. I appriceate Kevin's "a blind person can do anything a
> sighted one can..." attitude but it's a simple fact that a lack of vision
> will lessen someone's balance.  I have proved it time and again by having
> sighted people do a balance test first with eyes open and again with eyes
> closed.
> 
> 
> Bill Kociaba
> www.kociaba-fitness.com
> "Building Better Bodies Since 1981"
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SportsandRec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Cindy Ray via SportsandRec
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 9:54 PM
> To: 'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'
> Cc: Cindy Ray
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Find Your Fit
> 
> Bill, on Find Your Fit they were talking with Joe Shaw about these Bulgarian
> Split Squats he was learning to do and discussing whether or not it is
> harder for blind folks to find their balance. Seems they may have mentioned
> your name in there, too? Did you say you had been on one of the podcasts?
> Cindy
> 
> 
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