You're walking from the bedroom to the kitchen when your foot catches the edge of a rug. You grab the counter, steady yourself, and continue with your morning. Because you didn't hit the floor, you may dismiss the moment. A near-fall, however, can reveal the same balance, strength, vision, medication, or home-safety problems that contribute […]
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If you've started reaching for the wall when you walk down the hallway, or you hesitate before stepping off a curb, you're not overreacting. Those small moments matter. They often show up before a fall, and they can slowly shrink your world if you let them. I see this pattern often in older adults. At […]
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You may have noticed it in small moments first. You stand up and hesitate before that first step. You slow down on curbs. You reach for the wall when you didn’t used to. After a surgery, a fall, a stroke, a car accident, or just a stretch of pain that changed how you move, walking […]
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