You can gain better balance and learn the skills to help you stay safer and prevent dangerous falls with a program offered at the ADRC in Sturgeon Bay.  The Door County YMCA features a fall prevention class starting Monday, September 9.  Specialty Wellness Director Abby Teich says the course has been proven to reduce your chances of falling by 31 percent.  She notes that the seven-week program created by the Wisconsin Institute of Healthy Aging addresses how to identify fall risks and how to prevent them.

Teich also runs a Tai Chi-based class at the Door County YMCA that helps with fall prevention. The 12-week program is more of a physical class than a lecture style and has proven to reduce falls by nearly 50 percent. All Fall 1 Session registrations are this week, with classes beginning as early as Tuesday, September 3.