Several days after reading the Washington Post article on balance and posting about it (Finding Your Balance 9/4/09), I heard a segment on NPR’s All Things Considered (September 8), “Hospitals Work To Prevent Patients From Falling” that served as another reminder of the danger of falling (and the importance of balance). The segment reported that the number one cause of injuries at hospitals is patients falling down and it focused on how hospitals are taking measures to protect their patients’ safety through fall prevention programs.
Listen to the link above for more information and/or read the full transcript. And if you’d like to work on strenghtening your balance skills, try one of the Library’s many DVDs/videos on yoga, tai chi, and other titles linked in our previous posting.
In following up on our search for balance classes in the City of Torrance or the South Bay, we checked with Bartlett Senior Center staff who responded with the following information:
“We offer yoga at the Friday Recreation program, which is taught by an instructor from Torrance Adult School. We also offer low-impact fitness classes at Bartlett Center Monday – Friday mornings. They do cover some aspects of balance training. These classes are offered in cooperation between the Bartlett Center and Torrance Adult School. In addition we offer “Fitness Difference by Catherine McRae” at Tillim Center on Wednesday mornings. It is a DVD based program and is mostly stretching and gentle movement. It does address balance issues in many of its segments. Our seniors are loving the program and asking for more!
For more information on fall prevention, visit the extremely informative website, the Fall Prevention Center of Excellence. September 20-27 is Fall Prevention Awareness Week so here’s to your “falling” health!
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