Are you old?

[George K]

Not sure if behind a paywall. If so, lemme know and I'll copy paste. Kind of long.

https://www.mdedge.com/internalmedicine/article/271318/geriatrics/how-old-are-you-stand-one-leg-and-ill-tell-you?ecd=WNL_EVE_241026_mdedge&uac=22422FR&sso=true

[George K]

Alternate site:

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/how-old-are-you-stand-one-leg-and-ill-tell-you-2024a1000j8j

[Mik]

Interesting that they measured balance eyes open and closed. I have noticed that my balance is much more dependent on visuals than it used to be.

[jon-nyc]

We used to do a lot of balance exercises I pulmonary rehab. Repeating the exercise with your eyes closed was always the last, hardest one.

[bachophile]

Stood on my left leg. Got bored after twenty seconds. I’m 66.

[jon-nyc]

Damn you old.

[jon-nyc]

I remember meeting you when you turned 50.

[bachophile]

Thanks that’s much appreciated

[Copper]

Particularly for the nondominant leg, what you see here is a pretty dramatic drop-off in balance time around age 65, with younger people able to do 10 seconds with ease and some older people barely being able to make it to 2.

I am 70

I can stand on either leg, almost forever. I used to practice this as part of the daily workout, now just occasionally.

[Renauda]

Like Copper, I can stand on either leg by itself indefinitely, even with a nagging ACL issue that affects my left knee joint. But then I practice Tai Chi on an almost daily basis.

[jon-nyc]

I’m good with either the left or right, but can’t support my weight with the middle leg more than a few seconds.

[bachophile]

there are pills for that...

[George K]

I suffered an achilles tendon injury when I was 24 on the left side.I never thought much of it until I had a neuro exam by my PCP about 5 months ago. I can't walk tiptoe because of weakness in my left calf. Neuro workup was negative (MRI, etc). I imagine that might be the explanation for why I had difficulty mounting a horse from the ground. Admittedly, I never tried it from the off-side.

Anyhow, I just tried standing on one foot. On the left, I was able to do about 7 seconds. On the right, I quit after 25 because, like @bachophile I got bored.