{"id":907,"date":"2014-05-29T10:58:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T15:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wholeperson.com\/wordpress\/?p=907"},"modified":"2014-05-29T10:58:54","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T15:58:54","slug":"falling-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/falling-down","title":{"rendered":"Falling Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a title=\"Aging Beyond Belief\" href=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/store\/aging-beyond-belief.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Aging Beyond Belief<\/em><\/a>, Tip 58<\/h1>\n<h2>Stability, Agility, and Balance:\u00a0Falling down\u00a0is not good for you,\u00a0so take steps to\u00a0prevent it<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_468\" style=\"width: 120px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"Don Ardell\" href=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/whole-person-authors.shtml#DonArdell\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-468\" data-attachment-id=\"468\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/real-wellness-insist-upon-reality-based-health-promotion\/ardell-donald\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Ardell-Donald.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"110,110\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Donald Ardell\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Ardell-Donald.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Ardell-Donald.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"wp-image-468 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Ardell-Donald.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Ardell\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Ardell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Falls are usually no big deal during the early\u00a0and even middle years of life. Some are, of\u00a0course, but most of us, especially guys, grow\u00a0up playing sports where falling is part of the\u00a0game, as is the process of actually inducing\u00a0falls among each other (like when playing\u00a0football). But, falling down for senior adults,\u00a0particularly those with limited mobility to\u00a0begin with, is a serious matter. Doing so may\u00a0lead to broken bones, which will interfere with\u00a0your active wellness lifestyle and put a crimp\u00a0in your social life. Consider these precautions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a safe home environment that\u00a0reduces the risks of falls.<\/li>\n<li>Install devices that make life easier, if and\u00a0when needed, such as grab bars and railings\u00a0in strategic locations.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure your home and work environments are well lighted.<\/li>\n<li>Have your vision and hearing checked regularly.<\/li>\n<li>Keep plenty of Viagra or other safe, performance enhancing\u00a0aids on hand, just in case. (No, this tip has nothing to do with\u00a0preventing falls.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Aging Beyond Belief\" href=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/store\/aging-beyond-belief.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"467\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/real-wellness-insist-upon-reality-based-health-promotion\/agingbeyondbelief\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/AgingBeyondBelief.gif\" data-orig-size=\"134,205\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Aging Beyond Belief\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/AgingBeyondBelief.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/AgingBeyondBelief.gif\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-467\" src=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/AgingBeyondBelief.gif\" alt=\"Aging Beyond Belief\" width=\"134\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/AgingBeyondBelief.gif 134w, https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/AgingBeyondBelief-98x150.gif 98w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a>In the first sentence of this tip, above, I used the phrase \u201csenior\u00a0adult.\u201d What, exactly, is a senior adult? When does the word \u201csenior\u201d\u00a0officially attach to the word \u201cadult\u201d in references to you? There is no\u00a0official word on this or consensus, but here are indicators of when\u00a0you have gone over to \u201cthe other side,\u201d so to speak.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When you wife says, \u201cLet\u2019s go upstairs and make love, you reply:\u00a0Honey, I can\u2019t do both!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>When your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes\u2014\u00a0and you&#8217;re barefoot.<\/li>\n<li>When the porn you bring home is called \u201cDebby Does\u00a0Dialysis.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>When your doctor doesn&#8217;t give you x-rays anymore, but just\u00a0holds you up to the light.<\/li>\n<li>When a babe catches your fancy and your pacemaker sets off\u00a0the garage door.<\/li>\n<li>When you remember the time the Dead Sea was only sick.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(These lines have been attributed to varied comedians, largely\u00a0because they stole them from each other.)<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, falling down is no laughing matter; serious efforts should\u00a0be made to prevent such disasters. Outside areas can be designed\u00a0to be safer, as well, though this requires public action beyond the\u00a0initiative of individual seniors. Examples of safe designs are smooth\u00a0and attractive walking paths that separate cyclists, skaters and\u00a0rollerbladers. Of course, some senior adults ARE bikers, skaters, and\u00a0rollerbladers, but such senior adults are vigorous and less needful of\u00a0protection.<\/p>\n<p>The number one safeguard against falls is to create, sustain, and\u00a0continuously fine-tune a healthy lifestyle. This will enable you to\u00a0enter senior adulthood in top form and to extend the period of\u00a0quality life to the greatest extent possible.<\/p>\n<p>However, even if you are the wellest person on earth or a serious\u00a0candidate for such an award, if ever one should be created, the fact\u00a0is you are still going to grow old, eventually\u2014assuming you don\u2019t\u00a0get hit by a bus or carry genes programmed to do you in before you\u00a0reach a state of semi-frailty, senility, or worse. And no matter how\u00a0much you exercise to build bone and cardiovascular strength, remain\u00a0flexible, work out vigorously on a daily basis to insure muscular\u00a0support for bones, and otherwise do all that self-management skill\u00a0building and behavior invites, at some point these suggestions will\u00a0prove beneficial.<\/p>\n<p>-from <a title=\"Aging Beyond Belief\" href=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/store\/aging-beyond-belief.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Aging Beyond Belief<\/em><\/a>, by <a title=\"Don Ardell\" href=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/whole-person-authors.shtml#DonArdell\" target=\"_blank\">Don Ardell<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aging Beyond Belief, Tip 58 Stability, Agility, and Balance:\u00a0Falling down\u00a0is not good for you,\u00a0so take steps to\u00a0prevent it Falls are usually no big deal during the early\u00a0and even middle years of life. Some are, of\u00a0course, but most of us, especially guys, grow\u00a0up playing sports where falling is part of the\u00a0game, as is the process of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-excerpts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - 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