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Synopsis Balance Basics and Beyond, 53 minutes, consists of easy exercises to improve your balance. It is aimed at seniors and anyone - regardless of age - wishing to improve their balance. Carol joins two experienced teachers in the instruction of four classes - two one-on-one sessions and two group classes. Each ranges in time from 7 to 17 minutes, and all can be adjusted in degrees of difficulty. Viewers can practice their balance training with a different class daily, either in the privacy of their home or in a group setting outside the home. One segment is especially scripted for the blind and visually impaired. Also included are short motivational sequences and balancing tips. Shot entirely on location in Las Vegas, the program is fun, entertaining and effective.

According to a May, 2009 study published by Johns Hopkins Medicine, a full third of American adults - 69 million men and women over age 40 - are up to 12 times more likely to have a serious fall because they have some form of inner-ear dysfunction that throws them off balance and makes them dizzy.

Among the key findings of the three-year Hopkins study are that a third of this group - more than 22 million - were unaware of their vulnerability, having had no previous incidents of disequilibrium or sudden falls to suggest that anything was wrong.