Health blog Category: Balance
What To Do After a Fall
Feb 15th 2018
By Angie Austin, LPTA
Falls happen more often than you may think. In fact, more than one third of adults 65 and older fall each year. (So if you thought you were along, don’t be ashamed!) Thankfully, more often than not, these falls don’t result in serious injury. But, if any symptoms or the reason that caused you to fall in the first place are not recognized or treated, there is a much greater change of future falls and more serious injury.
Feeling Off Balance…
Jan 23rd 2018
Feeling off balance? Why? What causes us to have difficulty keeping our balance whether we’re over 65 or in our teens? We have three systems that all work together so we have good balance.
- We have our balance organ, which is our vestibular system in the inner ear.
- We have our leg strength.
- We also have our visual component which we rely heavily on when something else is not working properly.