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Fall Prevention Strategy For Your Patients

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Testing The Anterior Fall Envelope for Balance While standing upright with your arms at your sides, gradually lean forward as far as possible while keeping your hips and spine straight. Measure the final degree of forward lean from a neutral standing posture. Ideally, you can lean forward at least 4.5 Mickle, K, et al.,

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Osteoporosis: The unseen problem of fragile bones

Musculoskeletal Australia

This can cause pain from a fracture – for example, breaking the wrist or hip after a fall. If the bones in the spine (vertebra) have fractured or collapsed, it can cause back pain, loss of height and a stooped posture. Talk with your doctor for information about falls prevention.

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