Last Updated on June 13, 2024 by MASSAGE Magazine
Massage therapy has been shown to lessen stress and improve balance in elderly clients. New, unrelated, research shows stressful life events also raise the risk of falls in older men—significantly.
A study of around 5,000 older men has shown that stressful life events such as death of a loved one, or serious financial problems, significantly raised the risk of falls in the year following the incident, according to an Oxford University press release.
In age-adjusted analyses, any stressful life event was associated with a 41-percent increase in risk of fall, and a nearly two-fold increase in risk for multiple falls in the following year.
The research is published online in the journal Age and Ageing.