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I'm wondering about all these falls I'm reading about. I don't think I've ever fallen as an adult....knock on wood....but I'm nervous about it since my balance is worsening. I once read that at least sometimes a fall isn't the cause of the broken femur but rather the broken femur happened first, causing the fall. I don't know how doctors/patients discern which is their case, but it's an interesting idea. Not sure which I'd prefer to be the case.
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I've had about 15 fractures. 2 or 3 of the have been the result of as incident. Most of them just show up in an xray - "I see you broke your ..........". I had no idea it had occurred. Subsequently diagnosed with Osteoporosis though my Dexa scans show no bone loss.
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I have been doing balance exercises. After my father fell on his daily AM walk I showed him how to stand on one leg and swing the other back and forth while holding the sofa if needed. I do things like tandem walk while waiting for my commuter train.