How do you climb stairs? On autopilot or stumbling if you don't look at your feet? The second option may indicate health problems, says the doctor.
Lifting speed writes BB.LV, depends, of course, on age, body weight and the presence of chronic illnesses. But if you often stumble when you don’t look at your feet, this is an alarming symptom. At the same time, not only older people, but also young people stumble. So what is this problem? Vladimir Zhivotov is an osteopath and chiropractor. He explains:
“Can you go up the stairs on autopilot without looking at your feet? If not, and you constantly stumble, then it seems like nothing serious. However, if this has never happened to you before, as a doctor I can say: this is a symptom indicating obvious health problems. It's all about the deterioration of blood supply to the brain. It affected the cerebellum, the organ of balance, as well as the subcortical areas of the brain. Normally, they should all work in harmony with each other. The cerebellum and balance center perform functions of maintaining balance, and subcortical structures, in particular the basal ganglia, are responsible for automatic movements.”
He points out that blood circulation in the brain can be disrupted, including as a result of strong blows to the head or falls, possibly even in childhood:
“These centers, without receiving sufficient nutrition, cannot fully perform their functions. “Autopilot” doesn’t work and we have to use conscious control.”
There are other warning signs. The doctor advises you to take a closer look at yourself if you constantly stumble, even just when walking. In this case, you may find other signs that indicate difficulties with cerebral circulation:
“One of the symptoms is dizziness, darkening of the eyes after turning or throwing back the head, or abruptly getting out of bed.”
The doctor suggests that the condition of the vessels of the head and vertebral arteries may be affected by a combination of two injuries – birth and severe acquired head trauma, most often in the occipital region.
Another expert, scientist and practicing physician Alexey Odinets, Doctor of Philosophy in the field of biology, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, researcher at the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, candidate of biological sciences, says that in old age a person can stumble and fall out of the blue because – for disruption of the limbic part of the brain – creativity, sexual behavior and spontaneous actions are associated with it. He explains, quoting a BB.LV scientist:
“Why, when a person gets old, does he start to decline? After all, the leg should step over the obstacle automatically, the brain corrects the trajectory, but suddenly it doesn’t step over. A person sees an obstacle, he is accustomed to the fact that this happens automatically, but this does not happen. It’s just that the limbic system becomes sluggish, and it is the system that is responsible for automatic reactions. So, as soon as your creativity stops, development stops, that area of the brain dries out, and you start to fall.”
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