Things that can impact your balance and ways to improve it.

1. Why Balance
is Important
to Your Health

2. Patricia was a healthy and active 71-year-
old. One day she lost her balance while
walking down the stairs and fell. She
suffered a spinal injury, became paralyzed,
and a short year later she passed away
from these injuries.
She didn’t know that she had trouble with
balance before this devastating accident.

3. Statistics show that after the age of 65,
one in three people will fall doing
normal activities.

4. As you get older
your balance
begins to decline.
For many, it can
do so rapidly and
without warning.

5. You can fall for many reasons
• Tripping on a loose carpet
• Poor vision
• Drinking alcohol
• Turning an ankle while walking
• Standing up too fast

6. Some medicines can also
increase the risk of falls:
• Blood pressure pills
• Heart medications
• Diuretics (water pills)
• Muscle relaxants
• Sleeping pills

7. A fall can lead to a fracture or
broken bones, which can lead to
hospitalization and a lengthy recovery.

8. You want to do
everything you can
to prevent falls:
• Get checked for
neuropathy
• Strengthen your
muscles
• Retrain your balance
• Prevent osteoporosis
• Get your vision tested

9. A doctor can tell whether you have
neuropathy (tingling and/or pain of
the feet) that affects your balance.

10. Pivotal Health has developed unique,
proprietary procedures to help mitigate the
damaging and debilitating effects of
neuropathy.

11. Muscle strengthening and balance
retraining programs can also decrease
the risk
of falls by
45 percent.
Learn how balance treatment
programs can help.

12. Strengthen your
buttocks, quadriceps
and hamstrings to
improve your balance

13. Most are familiar with osteoporosis, which is the
thinning of aging bones.
This can compound the injuries from a fall.

14. To prevent weak bones,
get enough calcium and
Vitamin D each day.

15. Keep active—walk, climb stairs, lift
weights, or even dance every day!

16. Get a bone mineral density (BMD) test

17. And talk with your doctor about taking
medicine to make your bones stronger

18. Pivotal Health
Physical Medicine
will give you a thorough
physical exam and
design a program to
help you retain your
balance and continue
your vital lifestyle.
Click here for your free
consultation.