Balance disorders in older adults are treatable, not inevitable aging

Balance disorders and falls in older adults increase injury risk, loss of independence, and reduced quality of life.

For millions of older adults, dizziness and the fear of falling have quietly become accepted as the cost of growing old — but medicine tells a different story. Conditions like Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo affect between thirty and forty percent of people over seventy, yet they are routinely mistaken for irreversible decline rather than recognised as treatable medical realities. At Coffs Neuro Physio on the New South Wales coast, specialist physiotherapists are working to close the gap between what people endure and what they need not endure, offering targeted vestibular rehabilitation

Balance disorders in older adults are treatable, not inevitable aging

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