Equilibrium & Energy

Here's something that "made" my day: I worked with a new client 5 days ago who had serious problems with equilibrium. She was falling often. She'd been a very active person with tremendously good balance but over a year ago had her life abruptly changed by falling. Every time she stood up, she had to plant her feet in a wide stance and pause for a bit before moving. She was unable to get off her couch without assistance and was constantly afraid of going down. A horse trainer...she was now unable to even get on a horse. She was depressed and discouraged "I can't live like this". Her first fall had been a face-plant in the parking lot right after going on a fairly vigorous water slide in June 2010. Re: prior head injuries, she'd had a blow at age 5 and a car accident when she was 10. She "took a bite out of the dashboard" requiring her "teeth to be wired back in...