Preventing falls and pain when exercising
We have seen a marked increase in the number of patients who are tripping and/or falling. The older age groups are not the only ones affected: we are seeing patients in their 50s too! Falls [...]
Don’t be a Statistic
Every day many people are admitted to hospital following a fall, and a percentage of those people die from the side effects of the fall. We treat many persons over the age of 50 who [...]
Falls in persons over 55 years old
We will be presenting the talk on “Falls in persons over 55 years old” on Tuesday 16th May at 10h00 and 14h00. The lecture takes about 1 hour with exercises shown afterwards. There is no [...]
Preventing falls in persons over 50 years
We will be presenting talks on ‘Preventing Falls in persons over 50 years’ in May. Please let Amy know if you are interested in attending. We have seen a number of patients in the 50 [...]
Preventing falls talk
Thanks to all of those who attended the talk and then participated in “lunges for lunch” for International Physiotherapy day.
Preventing falls in persons over 65 years old
National Physiotherapy Week was held during the second week of September. We presented a series of lectures to our older patients and friends, many of whom reside in the various retirement villages of Benoni. The [...]