Falls and Balance

Our Gait and Balance class includes exercise and education to help prevent falls. It’s designed for people who have trouble with walking or balance.  

The program aims to:  

• improve your balance  
• build muscle strength and flexibility  
• teach you about factors that increase the risk of falling  
• increase physical activity  
• boost your confidence  

Our Gait and Balance program provides exercise and education to decrease people’s risk of falls.  

This service offers weekly exercise sessions. Clients will improve their strength and challenge their balance in a supervised environment.  

We also have a Falls and Balance clinic which is a specialist medical and allied health assessment clinic for clients with higher falls risks or dizziness who would benefit from a multidisciplinary assessment and education.   

Our Better Balance program runs for 10 weeks and is aimed at preventing falls. Classes combine targeted exercise with educational talks from guest speakers on fall prevention. 

The program is people who live independently and:

• have had a fall
• are at risk of falling
• would like to improve their balance, strength and knowledge to prevent a fall in the future.

Two sessions are held each week. Sessions are run by our Exercise Physiology or Physiotherapy teams. 

Our Falls Clinic assesses and provides recommendations to people who are at risk of falls, reducing the risk and helping individuals meet their personal goals.  

You’ll be assessed by a nurse and a physiotherapist, who will then discuss the best treatment pathway for you. Pathways include exercise education, twice weekly group exercise sessions, or 1:1 supported exercise therapy. Referrals to other disciplines are made as clinically indicated and may include Occupational Therapy and Podiatry.