
Regular exercise makes you stronger, improves your balance and helps prevent falls.
Regular exercise makes you stronger, improves your balance and helps prevent falls.
- Ask your doctor, physiotherapist or health care provider about the best type of exercise program for you.
- Do at least 30 minutes of activity every day. You can break this into three sessions that last 10 minutes.
- Choose activities that you enjoy.
- Try all three kinds of physical activity:
- Strength and balance exercises, such as lifting light weights, stair climbing, tai chi.
- Endurance exercises, such as walking and dancing.
- Flexibility exercises, such as tai chi, stretching and yoga.
Get more exercise tips by visiting the Strategies and Actions for Independent Living website.
How do I find a physiotherapist?
A physiotherapist can help design a simple program you can do on your own to help keep you moving, and does not require a doctor’s referral.
Find physiotherapist in B.C. by searching the Physiotherapy Association of B.C.'s website.
Resources
- Fraser Health's Your Guide to Independent Living Booklet
Information on how to prevent falls and reduce injuries. - Falls prevention brochure
Information on four things you can do to prevent falls. - HealthLink BC: Seniors' falls can be prevented
Prevention tips to help seniors avoid falling. - BC Injury and Prevention Unit
Injury prevention resources supporting the integration of prevention practice into the daily lives of British Columbians. - Parachute
Builds awareness and understanding of the issue of injury, to keep Canadians safe at home, on the road, at work, and at play. - Veterans Affairs Canada: Falls prevention
Information on falls prevention for veterans. - Health Canada: Aging and seniors publications
The publications of the Division of Aging and Seniors are a great source of reliable information about aging in Canada.