Fall Proofing Your Life

Cathy Ciolek is an Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Clinical Education in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware. She also serves as Associate Director for the Neurological and Older Adult Physical Therapy Clinic.

“One in three people over age 65 will potentially have a fall in any given year. Some of those falls don’t necessarily cause injury. But when a fall happens and results in a fracture, certainly the statistics are very unpleasant for how it can impact your mobility afterwards and your quality of life,” Cathy Ciolek says. “And when people fear falling, they tend to self-limit their activities, and that just creates this whole bad cascade of events."