Prevention of falls

Reduced muscle strength is a large contributing risk factor for falls , there may also be longer-term falls prevention benefits from strength training .To be effective, strength training needs to overload the muscles by providing an amount of resistance (e.g. with a weight or exercise band) that ensures that an exercise can only be done 10–15 times before muscles fatigue (Moreland, Richardson, Goldsmith & Clase, 2004).

Exercising and improvements in balance and strength will help reduce falling risks. Group balance and resistance interventions are shown to reduce the risk and boost confidence (Gillespie et al., 2003).Balance would not only contribute in quality of life and help prevent falls, but also reduce the biggest current NHS costings (Pinedo-Villanueva et al., 2018).  Large strong muscles keep us upright and mean we can generate power needed when at risk of falling over.