Fell tonight walking back to the house after getting the mail. Flower pot jumped out and went down like a tree on the brick walk. Took the skin off the back of my hand but the rest of me faired pretty good. I am wondering how many more times or years before I start fearing it and raise the level of caution against it.

If you are already thinking about it and have increased your awareness of it, can you share what age that started or main event that caused it?

Got to stop looking at your feet as you walk

I fall all the time when out in the bush trapping.
Takes longer to get up now is all.
I learned how to fall a long time ago so I dont get hurt too bad.
I started falling more often a couple years ago when my legs started to stiffen up from old age,cant lift my feet as high as I used to thus trip over more stuff in the bush now.
It helps to do some leg stretches for about 15 minutes in the morning while getting dressed.

Its my dang side of my knee thats been bothing me lately.Bought a really nice knee brace that has helped.

lol I couldn’t see them or I would have noticed the pot come into the frame.

Every time I have a doctors appointment they ask me if I fell. I am pushing 80 and falling has not been a problem yet.

I have fallen 3 times in the past year. There is a difference between tripping and falling. You have a little more control in your landing. When you have a sudden dizzy spell and begin to fall, everything is spinning so quickly, you have no control. All 3 times I have fallen; it was on concrete. No soft spots in my driveway or patio. MRI's show no brain bleed, but it hurts like heck. I am no longer "getting old"; I have "gotten old".

Vertigo and equilibrium issues for me.
Started 70 - 71 yrs old.
I started making area changes to my garden areas this year.
Mostly grip rails if needed.

Same here, do a lot of stumbling around when I’m out trapping.

I never had good balance or coordination, I would say it started at birth, LOL

I'm in good company!

Hobbie, your ready to join the club!

It happens, and fast, one moment your up, next moment your saying how did I get down here?, lol


When your young and you fall, you get up quickly and look around and hope no one noticed...when your old and fall down, you look around to see if there's anyone who can help you up!

I started falling now and then about 4 years ago. Started when I was off work for covid. Then they thought I might have MS. things seemed to get better and I got tires of the testing so quit going and went back to work. It's flaired up and I put off the spinal tap again about 2 years back.

I fell off the wood pile not long ago this year made a post about it and about a week or so back fell out in the pasture tripled over a stick in the grass. a few years ago I would have only stumbled now I hit the ground hard and am sore a few days. I'm only 44.

Used to build bridges, cell towers, smoke stacks, and power plants. Walking the Iron was an every day tinny and hight made no difference. I had great balance. I could not hack it today.

You don't need to fear balance near as much , depending on what you do for your body's exercise .

Asians have practiced Tai Chi for centuries , allowing people to have superior balance and overall health well into very old age.

It is the most beautiful and effective exercise format ever devised. It is used as health and healing for all internal organs, blood circulation, muscle control and memory. There are many forms and levels of this training, and many thousands of people of all ages enjoy it.

Every move I make , in the simplest of mundane actions, are enhanced and improved in feeling how your body moves , as you do the everyday things. Even how you walk and bend over.

I think in most towns and cities there are training programs that people enjoy. Or online.

I only wish I had the time to learn so many of the forms of Tai Chi offered . You can choose any of them to apply to any age.

It is the most beautiful slow motion martial art based lifestyle ever invented for body health .

Climate and ailments play a part in how we age. I went thru a phase a cpl yrs ago fell 3 times....just couldnt shuffle my feet quick enough. Im trying collagen along with my stretches to help limber me up. I wasnt near this stiff in s.e. asia and drs cant say why. 45 broken bones I guess the cold sets in.

I fall good
Get up fair

I’m nearing 60 and don’t fall often so don’t think much about it now. I did fall climbing out of a skid steer this past summer and skinned up my shin but nothing bad but instead of laughing at me the other guys were concerned and asked if I was okay. Told them I was fine except my feelings were hurt that they thought the old guy broke his hip lol. i use more caution now when climbing off equipment and use the 3 points contact they preach rather then just jumping to the ground.

I haven't fallen in awhile. Probably 2018 and it was because I went too fast for the crutches I was using.

My wife has MS. She falls quite often. She has neuropathy in her feet and partially up her legs. So she can't feel when her foot drags or gets stuck on something. Somethings she'll think she's gotten her foot high enough to get over the threshold, but in reality it hasn't even left the ground. Part of her problem is she likes to look around while walking and doesn't watch where her feet are going. I will say she falls quite gracefully.

PF, I'm not sure what neurologist you go to for possible MS, but they don't do spinal taps much anymore. It's diagnosed with MRI's. My wife gets one a year to check for changes in the lesions.

Same with my SIL.