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Reduce your risk of falling with daily floor time

For upper body and core strength

If you do fall, these exercises will help build a strong upper body and core to help you get up.

  • Bridge: Lie with your back on the floor. Bend your knees and place the soles of your feet on the ground. Press your feet into the floor and lift your hips off the ground. Lower your hips back down to the floor.
  • Roll: Lie with your back on the floor. Roll over to your side, then roll to your stomach. Reverse the movement and return to lying on your back. Repeat by rolling to your other side.
  • Pushup (on knees): Lie with your stomach on the floor. Place your hands on the ground under your shoulders. Press your hands into the floor. Push your body up and away from the floor until you are on all fours (hands and knees position).
  • Crawling: Crawl forward on your hands and knees by moving the opposite arm and leg at the same time, then crawl backward to the starting position.

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