Absence of mobility is just one of the most usual disability amongst older Americans, Census Bureau records show. Mobility is vital for independent living as well as making it through the day. Activites such as visiting a medical professional's workplace or shopping can be challenging. Whether you need to walk across a room to the bathroom or cooking area, get out of bed or a chair, or walk through a [...]

If you think your ears are just for hearing, it might surprise you to know that they assist as well. Several structures in the inner ear, together called the vestibular system, send messages to the brain that help you orient to your surroundings and aid in balance. "We know that falls impact our seniors," says Geoff Fraser, partner of Clear Choice Health Care. Falls are the leading cause of fatal [...]

As an airborne sergeant for the Army during the 1980s, Jose Lopez-Rivera's obligations were to train young recruits just how to safely repel out of a helicopter. Training involves an extensive and also multi-phase process for those who are not faint of heart. For many who stand in the open door of an in-flight helicopter, it's a mind-blowing experience. As you look down for the very first time repelling to [...]

More than 795,000 Americans suffer a stroke yearly. Although the incidence of stroke has actually declined considerably since the 1960s, the strokes that do happen are equally as extreme. As a matter of fact, stroke is a leading source of long-term special needs in the United States. Thinking about the above truth, research study does offer excellent news. The largest U.S. research study of stroke recovery to date, shows 52 [...]

You've probably heard your doctor inform you to alter your lifestyle if you're one of 92 million American adults that are living with some kind of heart disease. Reducing high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, and reducing body weight can be the gold requirement of heart-healthy change. Now, professionals say, you can add meditation to that list of advice. According to a brand-new review from the American Heart Association (AHA), [...]

As we age, we know about our threats. We take fall avoidance classes, sign up with a gym, consume right, and keep active. Doing all the right things offers us assurance. Unfortunately, we take swallowing for approved. says Geoff Fraser, Partner at Clear Choice Health Care in Melbourne FL. Swallowing conditions (dysphagia) impact approximately 15 million people, and can result in serious issues such as dehydration, malnutrition, a higher rate [...]

Home is the location where you feel in control and correctly oriented in space and time. It is a foreseeable and safe place. Yet more mishaps occur in our houses than any other location. For individuals over age 65, house is the most likely location for an injury to happen from a fall. Falling is the single leading cause of home mishaps in older adults. According to AARP, "Approximately one [...]

" You would not believe that chewing on a piece of bread is cause for issue," says Jeff Cleveland, president of Clear Choice Health Care. " But it can be," confesses Cleveland. He states there is a great balance between chewing and breathing. When a medical or neurologic condition interferes with the equilibrium between the two, breathing and swallowing can become precariously out of sync. Parkinson disease, for instance, slows [...]

If you want to feel less discomfort, take less medications, improve your flexibility, get stronger, and avoid joint replacement surgery in the future, then you're going to have to get moving, says Justus J. Fiechtner, MD, MPH, head of rheumatology at Michigan State University. An excellent method to begin moving is stretching, which is not something only professional athletes need to do prior to a competition. Fact is that carrying [...]