A person stands on their right foot on a rock. Their left lef extends forward at a 45 degree angle. The right hand extends upward for balance (and the left slightly downward). The sun is setting in the background, rendering the entire image an orange hue. One in five individuals in a recent study could not stand on one foot for ten seconds.
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10-Second Balance Test — What You Need to Know

Michael Hunter, MD
BeingWell
Published in
6 min readMar 26

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BALANCE TRAINING IS AN ESSENTIAL but often neglected skill. Many begin to lose balance by age 40. Today we explore a remarkably simple way to assess your ability to balance.

Falls are the second leading cause of death due to unintentional injury worldwide. A simple and inexpensive test to assess balance could be remarkably valuable.

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Michael Hunter, MD
BeingWell

I have degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Penn. I am a radiation oncologist in the Seattle area. You may find me regularly posting at www.newcancerinfo.com