Common Symptoms Of Neuromuscular Diseases

Issues With Balance

Balance is an individual's ability to maintain their body's center of mass over its support base. A healthy individual's balance system allows them to interpret orientation with the consideration of gravity, make automatic adjustments in their posture to maintain stability, determine the speed and direction of movement, and see clearly when they are moving. Sensory input from touch, sight, spatial orientation, motion, and equilibrium are components that help an individual achieve and maintain their balance. When one or more of these sensorimotor components are disrupted by any mechanism, the affected individual will have problems related to poor balance. Individuals affected by neuromuscular diseases may have damage to nerves critical to their balance, or they may experience weakness with one or more of the muscles in the body that help them keep their balance.