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Keith
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Date Posted: 01:36:03 11/15/10 Mon
In reply to:
julie
's message, "consintration" on 03:56:35 06/17/04 Thu
I also had a lot of difficulties with concentration. A few things I had tried which had helped in drinking coffee. I had problems with being so easily distracted that I would take a walkman and not only find some really hard rock to listen to but also would turn on the volume up as high as I could. I am not saying that will work for you or everyone, but instead of every single little thing distracting me, it allowed me to just block that one thing out and focus far greater. I also realized much of my concentration was due to trying too hard for too long.
Through reading several psychology books on cognitive thinking and how people learned, I created an understanding that many of us have a short attention span. By studying for a short time and then taking a short study break, I realized I was able to study much deeper doing a 20-30 minute on and 10 minute off, 20-30 minute back on and 10 minute off, over and over allowed me to get much more done over time. Another variation of this was around every 20 minutes, or when I started to feel my brain wavering, I would just switch subjects that I was studying. By using these last two approaches, not only was I addressing the short attention span, but also using repetition. Repetition is one of the best tools to use. I would do the 20-30 minute method to organize all my material until I was down the just the flat memorization part. Then once I got to were all I had to do was memorize the material, I would shorten my study to anywhere to 2-15 minutes on, then take a short break and repeat. Many times I would use the short break to through more cloths in the washing machine, through the cloths I the dryer, fold cloths, walk the dogs, a quick trip to the grocery store, restroom break, snack, a short 5 minute work out session which was time to do one set, and over the whole day I would complete a whole workout program. At the same time it also kept me in great shape and studies show that being in good physical shape helps people concentrate better, as well as do better in school.
By getting up and moving around you will find it will help get the circulation going, improve blood flow to your mind, and give yourself a bunch of very short power breaks.
I also find that fruit, and juice was giving my mind the constant replenishment of glycogen for my mind to function better.
There are a few other things I did, but it also was not the best interest in my health, such as picked up smoking, and staying up later and later so to eliminate distractions. I would recommend trying to avoid both like the plague. They may seem good at first but over the long hall they will chip away at your health, and cause so much more problems than they helped.
Now as far as your balance, this is actually one of the potential ways dyslexia can affect a person. Maybe this is the case with you, maybe it is not, but dyslexic can demonstrate itself in a person kinetic ability. That means orientation in space, such as balance and hand eye coordination. Not knowing you, or being a doctor, there could be other reasons for your balance problems. If you can, you may want a medical doctor check that out.
As far as balance, when it is not due to any medical condition such as an inner ear infection, it can be addressed just like any other physical skill, being more active, practicing different balancing skills. First start of with something simple. Then you should gradually build up to more and more difficult skills. Again since I can see what level you are, it will be difficult to see what would be a good starting point, but I can tell you what Physical Therapy would have someone do. At a very basic level, you can hold on to an object if you feel you need more support, such as a wall, tree, sturdy table, or something solid and while standing in one place point your toe out with one food, and try to touch different points and touch the floor with your toes on the floor around you. You can touch front, side and then behind you. As you progress you can start to do this faster and faster. As you advance, you can point your foot but gradually work your foot further and further away from the floor, raising it to an imaginary point higher and higher off the ground. You can also work your way to gradually removing your hand from whatever solid object you are using for support. Again safety always comes first and it is best not to be in too much of a hurry and risk losing your balance and hurting your self. From here you can start trying different variations, such as looking up at the ceiling, closing your eyes, or/and holding your leg off the ground for longer periods, holding your leg higher off the ground.
If you start to notice you are wobbling a lot around your ankles, you may need to do some strengthening exercises for your ankles. You should be able to find plenty of ankle exercises on the computer. If the directions seem confusing to you, then you should be able to find some examples on YouTube as well, were they will show you from start to finish how to do the exercise. One place you can look would be a Kinesiology (Exercise Science/Physiology) or Physical Therapy sight.
If you find that your balance is just figuring out how to balance your body over your legs, and that you are moving a lot around your hips to regain your balance then keep this in mind. Again you may be able to find pictures on the internet under “center of gravity”. Look at the suggested sights and they may address it. A persons center of gravity is just as it states, granted it also is referring to the center of were you carry your body weight. First imagine were exactly the center of your body is both vertically and horizontally. Vertically imagine your left and right side of your body. The middle point between the two is the center line going down through your body. The same is similar horizontally on your body. This is at your pelvis. For women, and how their body is made to carry babies, it is lower on the pelvis than it is for me. Most likely some were at the bottom of your zipper. Imagine were the two lines will meet, a little dot were they intersect. This should be approximately were your center of gravity is. When trying to do a very simple and basic balance, with one toe out, barely touching the floor and while you are holding on to a solid object for support you will want to try to listen/feel your body in your mind. While doing so, also imagine the point were your center of gravity is. Gradually feel how your body balances in relation to the point of center of gravity (COG). You will gradually be able to discover and find exactly were on your body your COG actually is. Play around with moving that point a little here and there around that general area, and you will find were your balance works best. Once you know were your COG is, you should be able to use that sight to help you improve your balance, and were to keep your COG as you bend, twist, turn, and lift your leg up, around as well as your arms.
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