FALLS & BALANCE
One Thing You Can Do To Reduce Falling & Accidents
Have you noticed that you trip, stumble and sometimes fall more than you used to? How about; are you having more accidents with your equipment and power tools? Do you think this is because you are getting clumsy or are these things related to getting older? I have a tip that can help you eliminate almost all these minor incidents before they develop into something major.
If you focus or pay attention to whatever is being done; this action alone will eliminate most accidents!
You need to eliminate day dreaming or allowing yourself to become distracted when dealing with power equipment and tools.
This same fact also pertains to simple tasks like walking. Allowing yourself to be distracted can cause you to trip on simple things along with misjudging heights when stepping off a curb or stair steps.
Recently one of my coffee drinking buddies was helping a friend change some door knobs in a newer home in Scottsdale, Arizona. You know; one of those fancy custom homes with step ups and step downs in every other room. They look nice but are hazardous if you don’t pay attention. He was walking from the kitchen into the family room and tumbled down three steps. He was looking right at the door he was working on as he tumbled; he said he didn’t even notice that the steps were there.
This is a prime example of not giving the task his full attention. He admitted that he was thinking about when his grandkids were coming to visit and what they would do when the kids got into town. He was lucky that he knew how to fall without injuring himself!
We all knew how to fall when we were kids but we forgot about it as we got older. Remember how you used to run, play and fall when you were a kid? Most of us did it a lot when we were younger but as we age we do whatever possible to prevent falling. Maybe we need to relearn the art of falling; but that’s a subject for another day!
The main thing that I want to stress is that we need to live in the here and now. Focus on whatever you are doing; especially the simple things. The things that we used to do without giving a second thought to could cause a stumble and a quick embarrassing trip to the ground.
According to the statistics; over thirty percent of people over sixty five fall each year so everybody that is in the boomer generation needs to live each day to the fullest BUT stay focused on what you are doing!
You can get a FREE E-Course titled Better Balance that can help if you find yourself falling more or having any other problems dealing with balance. Click Here or on The Picture!
