"Balance and Aging: Simple Tests to Protect Yourself"

Good balance is crucial for preventing injury and falls, especially as we age. Simple tests can determine how well you can balance and identify areas that need improvement. Better mobility allows for agility, ease, and quickness of step, and can help avoid unnecessary restriction, rigidity, and pain. Going barefoot, standing more, and incorporating exercises like the sock and shoe challenge and buttock squeezes can improve balance and protect against injury.