Category Archives: Balance Deficits

Everybody Physical Therapy can help you with balance issues at both our Portland and Vancouver locations. Please read through some of the content listed below for more information on balance issues.

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Balance: Improving Balance

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Shannon Brady, PT, DPT, explains how older adults can work with a physical therapist to improve their balance and prevent falls.

Post from MoveFowardPT.com, the official consumer Web site of the American Physical Therapy Association, ©2014

Balance

Balance is defined as the ability to control and maintain your body’s position as it moves  through space. Since balance is such an integral part of daily life most people rarely give  it conscious thought unless a problem occurs. There are conditions that may impair your sense  of balance and contribute to falls. The effects…
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