Recent versions of the health monitoring app on the Apple Watch looks at how much time you spend with a foot completely off the ground while walking. Which is related to this.
I think a yoga instructor said this, but it’s the reason I do tai chi. Death certificates don’t say “died from a fall” but many many people do. Breaking a hip is the beginning of the end for most people. The wound takes so long to heal and you are immobilized for so long that secondary health issues become primary. Many people with a broken hip die from pneumonia. So if you can avoid a broken hip by improving your balance you are better off. If improving your balance improves leg bone density, then you are saved twice over.
We’ve circled around this discovery a number of times. Those exercise programs for retirement homes know this. Water aerobics is just an arthritis- and obesity-friendly way to accomplish the same.
I think a yoga instructor said this, but it’s the reason I do tai chi. Death certificates don’t say “died from a fall” but many many people do. Breaking a hip is the beginning of the end for most people. The wound takes so long to heal and you are immobilized for so long that secondary health issues become primary. Many people with a broken hip die from pneumonia. So if you can avoid a broken hip by improving your balance you are better off. If improving your balance improves leg bone density, then you are saved twice over.
We’ve circled around this discovery a number of times. Those exercise programs for retirement homes know this. Water aerobics is just an arthritis- and obesity-friendly way to accomplish the same.