Otago Strength and Balance Home Exercise Programme Audio

Although we know it is best to tailor the exercises to suit the individual, for ease, we have also provided FOUR playlists (.pdf) for you to start with:

This Beginners level set of exercises does not include the exercises that are considered higher balance challenges (toe and heel walking, heel toe walking, backwards walking, heel-toe walking backwards, walking and turning (figure of 8)) – these should only be introduced when the participant has mastered the basic exercises.

The Intermediate Level set of exercises includes some of the exercises not included in the Beginners Level. These are introduced with full support but the beginners level exercises are progressed to reduced support. Stair walking is introduced. There is a second playlist* called Intermediate Level Making Progress, which takes the set whole set of exercises to reduced support options and adds in an introduction about walking.

The Advanced Level Programme includes all OEP exercises with no support (no use of hands) and is only advised in people who have already improved their balance significantly with the earlier stages of the programme, or perhaps as an ongoing home exercise programme for people who have been through a Postural Stability Instructor Programme and have reached a level of proficiency and safety to perform these exercises unsupported.

We have added in some warm up circulation boosters, some cool down stretches and some pelvic floor exercises as these ensure we are meeting the needs of our older population.  We have also added the purpose of each exercise at the start so we hope this will help motivate the older person to try to complete the full number of repetitions.

The idea is to either buy a CD or download the files, then you get all files individually and also four playlists. You can burn the individual playlists (beginners, intermediate and making progress and advanced) to CDs as required so that your clients/patients get one set of exercises on their CD.

The audio files can be supplemented with our freely downloadable OEP booklet.

Professor John Campbell and Dr Clare Robertson, from the University of Dunedin, Otago – the original developers of the Otago Home Exercise Programme.
Clare Strongman and Simon Hanna (Cambridgeshire Falls Service) for providing the text and voice overs for the audio files.

1. These audio files have been created based on the original Otago exercises but we have also added in some warm up, cool down and pelvic floor exercises.  Therefore the Intellectual Property remains with Later Life Training Ltd.
2. These audio files are intended to be used with patients/clients who have received an assessment of baseline ability and have been taught how to do the exercises by a trained Otago Exercise Programme (OEP) Leader, Postural Stability Instructor (PSI) or trained Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist.
3. These audio files may NOT BE SOLD (at a cost) to any other provider or patient/client.  Legal action will be taken if you are found to be selling these audio files.