Death rates from falls among older adults have surged in the last 20 years, as the American population ages and more seniors ...

A common misinterpretation is that an elderly person falls and as a result the hip is broken. Certainly, this can happen, but more often the hip joint breaks which causes the fall.

Stenger, who uses a wheelchair, has a disorder that causes a complete lack of sensation anywhere on her body. After doing leg strengthening exercises twice a week at Fyzical, she can use a walker to ...