Fast Track Fitness and Physical Therapy

Balance and dizziness represent the number one reason for physician office visits in senior populations. In 2005, almost half of all accidental deaths in Riverside County residents over 65 were fall-related. At Fast Track Fitness and Physical Therapy, we are concerned with making improvements to these statistics. We know that high quality physical therapy is capable of greatly reducing and improving these numbers. We have programs and equipment designed to help improve your balance/dizziness. During your first visit to Fast Track, you will be given an extensive battery of balance tests. These tests will give your therapist objective scores that will allow him/her to advise you as to your risk for falls. These tests also serve to help the therapist design an individual program to help improve your balance. At the conclusion of the Fast Track Balance Program, almost 100% of patients will have seen an improvement in their balance scores and, more importantly, a reduction in their risk for falls.

• Research: All older seniors should be evaluated annually for falls and strategies should be implemented to reduce falls risk in this population. (Clinical Intervention for Aging, 2009)
• Research: Exercise can reduce falls, fall related fractures and several risk factors for falls in individuals with low bone mineral density. (Osteoporosis International, 2009)
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