Our balancing skills start to decline as early as our late 20s and our ability to balance is high on the list of things that determine our lifespan. Toppling over and requiring hospital treatment could signal the beginning of the end, in fact the leading cause of injury-related death for people 65 and over is falling. How often have you heard that an older person 'had a fall' and was never the same again? In this episode, Nathan Estrada, a physical therapist with Denver-based Nymbl Science, explains the link between longevity and balancing skills. He also outlines the simple measures that can be taken to mitigate the dangers of falling and how technology can help.
In this episode we cover:
- Defining balance and why we need it
- The role of mobility in meaningful lives
- Combining brain games and functional movement
- Stumbling, almost falling - the canary in the coal mine.
- Why the fear of falling can lead to accidents in the future
- Why improving balancing skills should be on the agenda for everyone over 30
- Acting 'old' and how to avoid it
- Why "aging is not less"
- The problems posed by removing household obstacles that could help improve mobility
- Why the employees of nursing homes shuffle their feet
- The most helpful interventions to mitigate the risk of falling
- Why you don't want people to have to lie at your funeral
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DoNotAge.org is offering listeners to LLAMA a 10% discount on its range of products – NAD boosters, Sirtuin activators, senolytics and more. Any health queries can be answered by emailing the team at [email protected]
Use the code LLAMA at checkout.
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Recharge Health is offering LLAMA listeners a discount on the purchase of FlexBeam, the wearable red light therapy device which targets key parts of the body to improve sleep, treat injuries and sooth aches and pains associated with aging. Discounts vary - see details of the current offer here
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