We start with a thorough assessment to identify the route cause of why you are falling or fearful of falling. This includes screening your vision, sensation, strength, reaction time and inner ear function. We also look at your medical history and other external risk factors such medications and environmental hazards.

Getting on and off the floor can be daunting especially after a fall. Part of your treatment plan may include teaching you various strategies and building your physical capacity including strength and range of motion for you to get on and off the floor independently.

Most balance interventions focus on static balance instead of reactive postural control. We focus on preparing you for when you lose your balance so that you can recover it quickly by taking a step. That way you don’t fall in the first place. At our clinic we have a fall arrest harness system and perturbation platform so that we can simulate slips and trips at a high intensity without risking injury.

We would love to prevent all falls but sometimes they happen. We focus on teaching you the skills to fall safely in a scaled and progressive manner so that in the event that you do fall we can reduce the chance of you getting significantly hurt. For example, by learning how to tuck your chin when you fall it could prevent or lessen the severity of whiplash or head injury in a backwards fall. Multiple studies have shown that teaching older adults how to fall can reduce the impact forces at both the head and hip leading to less risk of hip fractures and concussions.