Date: March 13th 2024 Saturday
Time: 10 AM – noon
Location: Bonsor Senior’s Community Center in Burnaby
Falling down is one of the biggest hazards for seniors. It is not just about the pain it caused from broken bones and bruises, it is about the long term impact to your body, mobility, quality of life and self-confidence. Some falls can actually change your life forever.
Yes, you do want to prevent avoidable mistakes. However, you cannot control every scenario, sometimes falls can be caused through no fault of your own. This workshop teach you how to recover from imbalances, how to lessen the impact, how to protect your vital body parts, etc. It also explain why just leading an active lifestyle is NOT ENOUGH.
In this workshop, you will learn all the 4 steps of preparation: Avoid, Share, Absorb and Protect. You will learn exercises that help you reduce the impact on landing. Most important of all, you will go through some every safe simulation of falling and imbalances to program your brain so that your body know how it feels and you take your first step towards reprogramming your body to react differently.