Exercises and Strategies to Prevent Falling

Minimize your risk

Everyone seems worried about falls.

Why are falls so important?

  • 1/3 adults over 65 years of age fall each year.
  •  1/4 of those falls results in lacerations, hip fractures or head traumas (such as subdural hematoma).
  • Over 1/2 of unintentional deaths from injury are due to falls, in the 65+ population.
  • 95% of hip fractures are from a fall.
  • 20% of people with hip fractures die of complications within a year.

 


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