If you can stand on one leg for ten seconds, you’ve passed a surprisingly revealing test of healthy aging.
Researchers tested more than 1,700 adults between the ages of 51 and 75. About one in five couldn’t do it. Over the next seven years, those who failed had an 84 percent higher risk of dying from any cause.
Balance requires your brain, eyes, inner ear, nerves, core, and leg muscles to work together, and it can decline rapidly after age 55.
Note: Try the test beside a sturdy counter or chair for safety.
Why Does This Matter?
As balance declines, the risk of falling increases. And as we age, a fall can become far more serious when bones have lost strength and density.
That’s why balance training and bone support belong in the same healthy-aging plan. Better balance may help you avoid a fall, while stronger bones may help reduce the risk of a life-changing fracture if one happens.
Osteo-Key provides calcium and phosphorus to support bone density, vitamin D to help your body absorb calcium, vitamin K to help direct calcium into your bones, and magnesium to support healthy bone formation.
What To Do?
Practice your balance, and give your bones the nutritional building blocks they need to stay strong.
Is This 10-Second Test Easy or Difficult for You?
Now it’s your turn to talk back: Can you balance on one leg for ten seconds?
Comment below with YES, NO, or SOMETIMES. No judgment here.
View the study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine
