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Regular Exercise Reduces Your Risk of Falling!

The Journal of American Geriatrics Society recently published the findings of a team at the George Institute for International Health in Australia who reviewed 44 research trials involving over 9000 people that assessed the value of various approaches to fall prevention.

They found that people involved in exercise programs experience 17 percent fewer falls than people who are not.

The best results were seen in groups that focused on balance training, whereas walking programs did not appear to have much of an effect in reducing falls.

Researchers also noted that those who engaged in a larger amount of exercise, 2 days per week or more for over five months, saw better results than less regimented exercisers.

This further confirms that consistently doing balance exercises can lower your risk of falling.

It is recommended that you do something to train your balance at least three or four times per week, and preferably every day if you can.