More and more older adults are falling, having trouble walking or standing, or limiting their activities because of compromised balance and fear of falling. There is an epidemic of falling among seniors, which results in a great deal of serious injury and death. Medicine has been unable to prevent balance loss or restore healthy balance. Why are so many people falling? This book is an original, groundbreaking, and long-overdue description of "healthy balance" as a science and as a practical life activity. This fascinating discussion of balance is told from the perspective of a practitioner of Taijiquan, the Chinese martial art. He began his studies as a young man and is now a senior citizen with superb balance and stability. What is balance? How do people stand? Why does healthy balance often turn into unhealthy balance? What does conventional medicine say about balance? In what ways does medicine get balance all wrong? Why should balance be treated as a science instead of a neglected backwater of healthcare? What would a science of healthy balance look like? This book is intended for the healthcare industry, which gets balance all wrong, and for any person who wants to maintain healthy balance throughout life.
