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• Line your hips up over your ankles.
• It turns out that lumps and bumps on the ground do more than get in our way—they’re how the smaller muscles in our feet get their exercise!
• “The secret to falling safely is three words: bend, twist, roll,” he said. As you start to fall, bend your knees in the direction you are falling and twist at the waist, turning your shoulders away from the fall. That will change the point of impact. Instead of one spot on your hip taking the entire brunt of the fall, the force will be spread out a...
• hit the ground, roll to further dissipate the force of the impact.” (Strickler 2015)
• Walking heel-toe allows you to transfer your weight from foot to foot in a more controlled manner, and it keeps your calf muscles supple and strong.