The STEADI Fall Risk Assessment: What It Is and What to Expect
The STEADI Fall Risk Assessment: What It Is and What to Expect
If your doctor recently asked whether you have fallen in the past year, or whether you feel unsteady on your ...
The Timed Up and Go Test: What It Measures and What Your Score Means
If a physical therapist or doctor has ever asked you to stand up from a chair, walk a short distance, ...
The Otago Exercise Program: A Physical Therapist’s Guide for Older Adults
Most fall-prevention advice is general: stay active, watch for hazards, talk to your doctor. The Otago Exercise Program is different. ...
Best Exercises for Peripheral Neuropathy: A Physical Therapist’s Guide for Seniors
If you already know your numbness, tingling, or burning is peripheral neuropathy, you have probably read plenty about causes and ...
Understanding Abnormal Gait in Older Adults: Causes and How Physical Therapy Helps You Walk Safely
A change in the way someone walks rarely comes out of nowhere. It is usually the body signaling that something, ...
Foot Drop in Seniors: Causes, the Neuropathy Connection, and How Physical Therapy Helps You Walk Safely Again
Foot drop is when the front of the foot drags or slaps down while walking, because the muscles that lift ...
How Multiple Sclerosis Affects Balance in Seniors, and How Physical Therapy Helps
Multiple sclerosis is usually diagnosed decades before old age, but the people living with it do get older. Many seniors ...
LSVT BIG Exercises for Parkinson’s: How This Physical Therapy Program Helps Seniors Move Bigger and Safer
Parkinson’s disease slowly shrinks movement. Steps get smaller, handwriting gets tighter, and reaching for a cup can start to look ...
Epilepsy in Seniors: New-Onset Seizures, Causes, and First Aid
Most people think of epilepsy as something that starts in childhood. In truth, one of the most common times for ...
Must-Do Morning Leg Stretches for Seniors (A Simple Daily Routine)
The first few steps of the morning can feel stiff and creaky after 50. Tight legs make getting out of ...
