Furniture Cruising or Wall Cruising is when a person is unsteady while walking so they touch or hold onto furniture or walls to help maintain their balance. Family members and patients who furniture or wall cruise have an increased risk …
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Orthostatic hypotension is when your blood pressure drops when you go from lying down to sitting up, or from sitting to standing. Significant lightheadedness with change in position should be reported to your primary care physician..
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Fall Risk and Medication: Do you know if your medications increase your fall risk?
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Poor Balance: How’s your balance? Poor balance is a fall risk.
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Muscle Weakness: Muscle weakness is a fall risk. Consider adding an exercise routine to your day or make sure to move everyday. Like the old adage says, “If you don’t use it, you lose it”.
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Poor vision is a risk factor for falls: Have you had your annual eye exam? Getting an annual eye exam and keeping your prescription up-to-date can help reduce your risk for falls. Make an appointment with your eye doctor soon.…
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What is a fall? The Cambridge English Dictionary says that to fall is ‘to move unintentionally or unexpectedly onto or toward the ground or from a higher place’. The World Health Organization says, ‘a fall is defined as an event …
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Need help getting a walker thru a narrow doorway? If your wheeled walker has its front two wheels on the outside of the walker, switching them will put the wheels on the inside of the walker giving you and extra …
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The Home Safety Tool Kit
A PT/OT Guided Home Assessment for Caregivers
The Home Safety Tool Kit | Welcome to Adaptive Equipment Corner’s newest video series! The Home Safety Tool Kit is aimed at helping patients and caregivers prepare for …
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How to Use the PROFlex Strap
How to Use the PROFlex Strap – In this video Cindy, PT with Adaptive Equipment Corner demonstrates exercises and stretches that can be performed with the Vive PROFlex Strap, as well as how it …
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