Balance Fitness® Program
Are you afraid of falling? Join our Balance Fitness® program and wipe those fears away!
Physical activity is effective in people of all ages. Ridgeline’s Balance Fitness® Program has been proven to be suitable for frail elders including those with marked cognitive impairment.
Ridgeline Management Company has implemented a unique balance fitness program for seniors in their communities! The Balance Fitness® Program, designed by Dr. Chuck McGlade, a practicing physician, and Patty Endres, Recreational Therapist, is for seniors wanting to gain strength, improve balance, gait, and bone density.
Potential Benefits & Goals:
- Improved sitting & standing balance
- Lower limb strengthening
- Improved gait and ability to walk longer distances
- Increased agility
- Increased perceived confidence with walking
- Improved activities of daily living functioning
- Longer stays in assisted living or at home
- Improved sleeping, increased appetite
- Decreased complaints of pain
- Decrease in falls
Call (575) 393-2828 today for more information or to participate!
