{"id":174243,"date":"2023-10-15T09:25:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T14:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/fall-prevention-balance-and-strength-exercises-for-older-adults"},"modified":"2023-10-15T09:25:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T14:25:21","slug":"fall-prevention-balance-and-strength-exercises-for-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/fall-prevention-balance-and-strength-exercises-for-older-adults","title":{"rendered":"Fall Prevention: Balance and Strength Exercises for Older Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/fall-prevention-balance-and-strength-exercises-for-older-adults.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s not possible to completely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/healthlibrary\/conditions\/adult\/non-traumatic_emergencies\/older_adults_preventing_falls_85,p00830\"> prevent a fall<\/a>, exercises that focus on balance and strength training can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/healthy_aging\/healthy_body\/4-ways-improve-fall-safety\"> reduce the risk of falling<\/a>. \u201cWe treat elderly adults for injuries sustained from falls, and other patients who feel unsteady while walking or standing and are fearful of falling,\u201d says Lora Stutzman, a physical therapist with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/physical_medicine_rehabilitation\/\"> Johns Hopkins Rehabilitation Network<\/a>. \u201cThese exercises can help improve balance and build strength to help prevent future falls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For older adults, activities such as squatting, standing up from a chair and walking may be difficult or cause them to feel unsteady, which increases their risk of falling. The following exercises are intended for those who have a low risk of fall and are able to stand on their own without support from others. Always talk to your doctor or physical therapist first before starting new exercises, especially if you have weak balance.<\/p>\n<p>Stutzman demonstrates two exercises below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While it\u2019s not possible to completely prevent a fall, exercises that focus on balance and strength training can reduce the risk of falling. \u201cWe treat elderly adults for injuries sustained from falls, and other patients who feel unsteady while walking or standing and are fearful of falling,\u201d says Lora Stutzman, a physical therapist with the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}