Falls prevention
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strengthen muscles
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maintain or improve fitness
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improve balance
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increase stamina
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improve suppleness at any age
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reduce joint pain.
GET UP AND GO is a guide to staying steady.
Backward-Chaining is a sequence of movements combined together to help teach someone to be able to get down to the floor safely. Once learnt, in reverse, it can be used as a safe and effective way to get up from the floor. Regular practice in this set of exercises will ensure that you are able to get up from the floor if you fall.
YouTube video by the chartered society of physiotherapy.