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Preventing a Fall

Tracey Thornton took a wrong step 4 years ago and broke her femur. “It’s been a life-changing experience. It’s affected every piece and part of my entire world.” Depending on the time of year, falls can be the number one reason people get sent to Lee Health’s Trauma Center. “I think we work at the trauma center, and everyone thinks that that means car accidents and falls from significant height, scaffolding, roofs, and that’s true, but ground level falls are definitely the vast majority were taking care of on a daily basis,” said Independent Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon Dr. Patrick Leach. Between surgery and rehab, falls can take years to recover from. “I’m young, I’m healthy, and it’s so you know like I said it’s been almost 4 years until I’m still I’m still struggling,” said Thornton. And the older you get, the harder recovery may be. It’s why Thornton preaches the importance of fall prevention. “If you do have rugs, make sure they have rubber back, watch where you’re going, pick up your feet, wear shoes, have proper lighting, don’t walk through dark rooms. Don’t change your furniture suddenly to where if you do get up in the middle of the night something’s not there that you didn’t expect.” Dr. Leach said, “It’s worth paying attention just what you’re doing in the moment, often times just a slight distraction can turn into something else.” Lee Health offers free balance screenings to help you learn your baseline. You can find the schedule on leehealth.org. View More Health Matters video segments at    / leehealth   Lee Health in Fort Myers, FL is the largest network of health care facilities in Southwest Florida and is highly respected for its expertise, innovation and quality of care. For more than 100 years, we’ve been providing our community with personalized preventative health services and primary care to highly specialized care services and robotic assisted surgeries. Visit LeeHealth.org