Awareness Program on Falling Tendancies
An awareness program on ‘Falling Tendancies in all age groups and Precautions to be taken’ was conducted at Dolphin Health Centre at Lions Charitable Hospital at Kanwali Road, Dehradun under the guidance of Dr. Deepty Mathur, Physiotherapist. Patients were assesd for muscle strength, current medications, underlying weakness due to some other illness, vital paremeters and , medical history. Every patient was given a full list of precautions and specific exercise. Posture correction exercises, gait training, balance and coordination and strengthening exercises were explained. All patients learned the importance of balance and coordination which was otherwise low on their priority. Prior to this they complained about knee, back and hip pains unaware of the reasons like wrong walking and standing postures.