Simple at-home balance exercises can dramatically reduce fall risk for seniors. In this guide, Registered Kinesiologist Melissa shares safe, easy movements you can do in your living room to improve strength, stability, and confidence plus upcoming Brain & Balance workshops in Hamilton and St. Catharines.

This past spring, I began a weekly chair-exercise class for seniors at a retirement home in the heart of the Niagara Region — in St. Catharines. My aim was simple: bring safe, effective, in-home personal training for seniors right into a comfortable space, build strength and balance, and reduce fall risk — all while fostering social connection and fun.

This past spring, I began a weekly chair-exercise class for seniors at a retirement home in the heart of the Niagara Region — in St. Catharines. My aim was simple: bring safe, effective, in-home personal training for seniors right into a comfortable space, build strength and balance, and reduce fall risk — all while fostering social connection and fun.

We’ve all heard it before “every bit of movement counts.” And it does. But here’s something you might not know: not all minutes of movement are created equal.