Elderly Mobility Issues & Falls

What is it?

We all age, and with age comes typical changes such as reduced strength, reduced balance and vision, reduced reaction times and co-ordination as well as fatigue.

This can reduce quality of life, increase falls and put us at risk of other health conditions.

If you have suffered a fall, this can reduced your confidence and lead to a loss of independence.

 

Falls can occur for a number of reasons and Northern Neuro Rehab can work with you to identify and address the underlying cause for your falls.

We can help you to regain your confidence and increase your independence.

 

How Northern Neuro Rehab can help

 

Specialist therapy can help to enhance quality of life in the ageing population, through delivery of specific physiotherapy treatments.

 

Positive effects of physiotherapy in the ageing population include:

 

- reducing falls

- improving energy levels

- reducing pain

- improving bone density and reducing fracture risk

- improving emotional wellbeing

- extending life expectancy

- reducing extent of dementia

 

Some of the treatments that we can offer help to improve:

 

- strength

- range of movement

- balance

- co-ordination

- exercise tolerance

- postural stability

- postural alignment

- massage and stretching

- aid and equipment advice

- return from hospital

- functional task practice

- accessing the community e.g bus use, shopping, taxi’s

- outdoor mobility and road safety

- mobility scooter/powered wheelchair practice

 

Some of our clients are returning home from hospital and looking for therapy to support them return to their previous level of function.

Other clients are simply wishing to build confidence or exercise tolerance to help improve their quality of life and reduce the risk of falls.

 

Northern Neuro Rehab can provide individualised therapy treatments to support you to meet your goals.

If you have had a fall, or you feel that your age is causing you problems, get in touch today for more information on how we can help you