British Judo – Learn to Fall Safely with Finding Your Feet
Finding Your Feet is a programme aimed at the older population to reduce the impact of falling by teaching basic techniques to help you fall safely.
- Gain confidence
- Learn techniques to help should you have a fall
- Reduce the fear of falling
- Improve: Balance, Co-ordination, Strength
Every Wednesday from 17th September
Baptist Church Hall
5 Crown Street, Millom, LA18 4AG
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Introductory offer: £3 a session
Register today by contacting Janice Knight:
Tel: 07828 116752
Email: judoknight.janice@gmail.com
Why This Matters
In England, there are currently around fall-related hospital admissions for over-65s each year.
Falls are the main reason older people are taken to A&E.
One in three adults over 65, and half of people over 80, will have at least one fall a year.
About the Sessions
Finding Your Feet sessions are teaching older adults – and the wider general public – how to keep their balance, fall safely, and get up easily using adapted techniques.
The sessions will cover up to 18 different techniques adapted for this group, including the sideways fall that teaches the three principles of falling:
- Protecting the head
- Creating a large surface area
- Timing and rolling
Other techniques include:
- How to tuck the chin when falling backwards
- How to fall forward safely without using hands
- Rolling techniques to get up safely
A Word from Dr MacDonald
“When an individual has a fall they are scared of it happening again and so they limit their activity, but this in turn weakens their muscles and balance which, over time, can increase the risk of another fall.”
