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“Be careful.” “Don’t fall.” “Maybe you shouldn’t do that anymore.” Those phrases usually come from a loving place. But if you hear them often enough, they can change the way you think about your...
Most of us understand preventive care. We schedule physicals. We check our eyes. We see the dentist. We monitor blood pressure and lab work. But there is another part of health that strongly...
“I haven’t fallen. I just feel…off.” Physical therapists hear versions of that sentence all the time. Maybe you cannot point to one specific problem. You are still walking. Still driving. Still...
Fall calendars fill up quickly. School events. Grandkids’ sports. Travel. Appointments. Volunteer commitments. Holidays on the horizon. Suddenly the exercise routine that felt easy in July is...
Have you ever returned from a vacation, illness, busy month, or stretch of bad weather and thought, “Why does this feel harder than it used to?” You probably did not lose all your strength in a...
Most people think a balance problem announces itself with a fall. Usually, it does not. Changes in stability can begin quietly: a hand on the counter, a pause before a curb, a little more...
September has a way of changing things almost overnight in West Michigan. Mornings get cooler. The sun starts setting earlier. Sandals disappear and heavier shoes come back out. Summer walks,...
When people hear “stamina,” they picture marathon runners. But stamina is really about something more everyday: having enough in the tank to get through a full day of living. If you have wondered...
Staying active is one of the best things you can do for your body — but there is a line between healthy effort and overdoing it, and crossing it can turn weeks of progress into a setback. The good...
When something aches or you are worn out, the advice is almost always the same: “just rest.” Sometimes that is exactly right. But often, too much rest is the very thing keeping you stuck — so is...