Motor Coordination for Seniors

Contralateral and Ipsilateral Marching

For active aging individuals, motor coordination is necessary to perform simple and complex tasks such as walking, cleaning and climbing stairs.

Coordination exercises involve internal and external processing that trains proprioception, balance and timing.

Integrating balance and agility exercises into exercise routines can benefit coordination. These exercises are ideal for senior fitness and improving their motor coordination.

Contralateral marching— raise right arm overhead and simultaneously lift left leg. Hold for three to five seconds and release to the starting position. Continue alternating sides.

Ipsilateral marching—raise right arm overhead and simultaneously lift right leg. Hold for three to five seconds and lower to the starting position. Continue alternating sides.