Steady on Your Feet After 60

You don’t need to feel unsteady on your own stairs. Train your balance with a kitchen chair - ten minutes a day, no equipment, no gym, no guesswork.

That small hesitation before you step off a kerb. The way you take the handrail more firmly than you used to. The decision not to go out because the pavement looks wet. These are not signs that your independence is ending - they are signals that your balance system has stopped being asked to do its job. And balance, unlike almost anything…