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

Tripping and falling does not have to be an inevitable part of getting older. According to Tesha Smith, an injury prevention coordinator with Kettering Health, a fall risk assessment with a ...

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 ...

And people recovering from surgery or injuries may not be ready to get down on a yoga mat, but they can stretch in a chair. “I’ve known these ladies probably 18 to 20 years.