08/09/2025
As we grow older, the real measure of health is not just adding years to life but adding life to those years. On World Physiotherapy Day, the focus is on Healthy Ageing: Preventing Falls & Frailty, two of the biggest challenges faced by ageing adults.
Frailty isn’t inevitable. It develops when muscle strength, balance, and mobility gradually decline, increasing the risk of falls. But here’s the hopeful part: with the right physiotherapy interventions, we can slow down, even reverse, this decline.
Through guided exercise programs, balance training, and mobility support, physiotherapists help older adults maintain independence, confidence, and dignity. Small consistent movements, tailored to each person’s needs; can reduce fall risks, strengthen bones and muscles, and improve quality of life.
Healthy ageing is not about avoiding age; it’s about embracing it with strength, stability, and self-reliance. Physiotherapy makes that possible.
( World Physiotherapy Day, Movement Heals, Celebrate Physiotherapy, Falls & Frailty)
