Common Injuries For Seniors And How To Prevent & Treat Them As people age, it can be much easier to pick up an injury, and there are a few common ailments that people find as they age. These can be frustrating injuries as they can stop people from leading an...
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Treatments that Reduce Knee Buckling May Help Prevent Falls in Older Adults (Video)
Treatments that Reduce Knee Buckling May Help Prevent Falls in Older Adults (Video)
Treatments that Reduce Knee Buckling May Help Prevent Falls in Older Adults
Treatments that Reduce Knee Buckling May Help Prevent Falls in Older Adults Knee buckling, often described as a knee ÛÏgiving way,Û is a symptom of knee instability that frequently affects older individuals, in particular those with knee pain and knee osteoarthritis (OA), and may be caused by muscle weakness and...
Playing Catch Can Improve Balance and Prevent Falls (Video)
Playing Catch Can Improve Balance and Prevent Falls (Video)
Playing Catch Can Improve Balance and Prevent Falls
Playing Catch Can Improve Balance and Prevent Falls The simple training exercise of catching a weighted medicine ball can improve balance and may help prevent falls in the elderly, according to research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. When someone is jostled by a bump or a stumble, the...
Infographic – Preventing Falls in Older Adults
Preventing Falls in Older Adults – Built by Easy Climber Infographic – Preventing Falls in Older Adults
Older Adults Who Fall May Experience PTSD
Older Adults Who Fall May Experience PTSD (From Health Behavior News Service) A study published in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry shows that older adults who experience a serious fall may develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the days following the event. Symptoms associated with PTSD were found...
Dance Therapy Reduces Hip and Knee Pain and Falling Risk (VIDEO)
Dance Therapy Reduces Hip and Knee Pain and Falling Risk (VIDEO)
Dance Therapy Reduces Hip and Knee Pain and Falling Risk
Dance Therapy Reduces Hip and Knee Pain and Falling Risk Dancing eases hip or knee pain and helps older adults move better, according to a small Saint Louis University study. “After dancing, over several months they reported less pain and were able to walk faster,” said Jean Krampe, Ph.D., assistant...
Get the Rhythm – Music Therapy Improves Balance, Reduces Falls
According to Swiss researchers, taking part in classes that involve music and rhythmic exercise may improve the balance and walking skills and reduce the number of falls for older adults. More than 130 seniors were tested in walking and balance skills after taking part in a music-education program called Dalcroze...