EP142: Six Exercises To Reduce the Risk Of Falling

<div class="bcpr-container"> <div class="bcpr-content"> <div class="bp-container"> <div class="bp bp-has-navigation bp-thumbnails-open bp-loaded" tabindex="-1" data-testid="bp"> <div class="bp-content bp-annotations-only-controls" tabindex="-1" role="region" data-testid="bp-content" aria-label="File preview" data-resin-discoverability="false"> <div class="bp-doc bp-doc-document bp-is-scrollable" tabindex="0" aria-label= "Press Alt+Arrow key combinations for caret navigation and text selection within the document's contents"> <div class="pdfViewer" lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-US"> <div id="bp-page-1" class="page" role="region" data-page-number="1" aria-label="Page 1" data-loaded="true"> <div class="textLayer"><span id="page3R_mcid3" class= "markedContent"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Falling is the number one leading cause of fractures in the</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">United States, and they're the second leading cause of</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">unintentional injury and death globally.”</span></span> <span id="page3R_mcid5" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">—</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FGSA, FAAN</span></span></div> <div class="textLayer"><span id="page3R_mcid6" class= "markedContent"></span><span id="page3R_mcid7" class= "markedContent"></span><span id="page3R_mcid8" class= "markedContent"></span><span id="page3R_mcid9" class= "markedContent"><br role="presentation" /> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">In 2022, in the United States, of the top 5 leading causes of death, 3 are chronic conditions</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">–</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">1.</span><br role= "presentation" /> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">heart disease, 2. cancer, and 5. respiratory disease</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">–</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">coming in at #3 is COVID</span><span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">-</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentati