poor balance
Tendency to topple
Poor balance is the inability to maintain stability while standing or moving.
It may result from inner ear problems, neurological conditions, muscle weakness, or aging.
Someone with poor balance stumbles easily, struggles on uneven surfaces, or feels unsteady when walking: Her poor balance made her afraid of stairs.
Physical therapy often helps improve it.
- wobblyTending to teeter
- dizzySensation of spinning
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
- vertigoSensation of spinning
- head rushMomentary dizziness upon rising
stumble · tipping · swaying · lightheaded · low blood pressure · falling · inner ear · wobble · stagger · tipsy · clumsy · shaky · disoriented · gait · two left feet · tumble · unstable · reeling
- clumsinessclumsiness, clumsy, awkwardness, fumble, stumble
- skill deficiencyincompetence, ineptitude, clumsiness, awkwardness, inexperience
- physical clumsinessclumsiness, awkwardness, stumbling, fumbling, ungainliness
- Disabilitiesblind, paralysis, vision loss, developmental disability, hearing impairment
- stacking mistakestoppling, overloading, top-heavy, leaning tower
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
poor balancesure-footedness
Ability to walk securely
stability · steadiness · equilibrium · poise · coordination
poor balancewell-balanced
Having equal distribution
equilibrium · symmetry · proportionality · harmony · well-proportioned
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