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What have you done to improve balance?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Jul 30 1:52pm | Replies (72)

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In those precious few seconds you have while you’re falling, as your life is passing before your eyes, there’s not much chance to yell to Alexa or Siri to ask “What’s the best way to fall”?! A Tone & Balance class here tries to teach us in hopes it might flash in front of us if we must fall. One thing I know is to definitely avoid landing on your hip - that’s the hardest injury to recover from. I’m not a trainer so I don’t want to mislead… but I’m not sure about the soft landing on your knees either, though you may have known it was going to be very very soft. While embarrassing, grabbing the table was very smart to lessen the impact! We’re trained to let the wrist take the break if we must, but ouch, how do you aim for that in those fleeting few seconds!! I’m continuing with balance training to just downright stay upright because I don’t trust myself to fall correctly!

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Hi, Debbie

It wouldn't do me any good to call out for Alexa or Siri. My phone (which I rarely carry) is a dumb phone. If I called out to it, I'd be surprised if I got so much as a "Huh?"

Ray