What is the typical normal balance and walking pattern for older people?

Written By Peter Lipski

  • Older adults maintain normal walking and balance patterns late into their 9th decade.

  • Older people walk briskly and steadily with normal posture and balance without any help or walking aid!

  • “Ageing” does not cause impairment of walking and balance. 

  • We must distinguish normal ageing from disease!

  • Many people believe that your walking slows up as you get older. No! No! No! No!

  • You do not slow down as you get older.

  • A well 90 year old can walk as fast and as far as a younger person!

For more information read Dr Peter Lipski’s book “Your Elderly Parents Failing Health. Is It Ageing Or A Treatable Condition”.

Peter Lipski
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