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.