08/02/2025
Exercise and Balance - consider the quote from the study below.
Almost one out of three elderly people experience a fall every year, while a person who experiences at least two falls within 6 months is defined as a “recurrent faller”. Falls in older people are concerning events that could result in fractures, residual disability, chronic pain, and loss of independence, leading to important social and public health consequences requiring expensive long-term treatments and accounting for 40% of all injury-related deaths in this group.
Many of the older generation have never been to a gym or if they have, do not feel comfortable in the environment.
NPT provides a calm, quiet environment with structured, self paced programs to improve the overall health and well being of the person engaging in them.
The aims of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to evaluate the effects of physical exercise on static and dynamic balance in the elderly population, and to analyze the number of falls and fallers. A systematic literature search was ...
