Strong for Life is a home-based exercise program for both disabled and non-disabled older adults. It has been proven to increase strength, balance, and overall health in both populations. Strong for Life products include: Strong for Life exercise video, Strong for Life Trainer's Manual, and Strong for Life User's Guide.

Exercise Program

Strong for Life is a strengthening exercise program designed by physical therapists for home use by older adults to improve strength, balance, and overall health. Therabands (elastic resistive bands) are used to provide force for strengthening muscles. This program targets specific muscles that are important in every day movements such as getting out of a chair and walking.

Each exercise on the video is scalable in difficulty and the instructions on how to modify the exercises to suit different strength and functional levels are provided verbally by the instructor as well as shown visually by the elders in the video.

• A Matter of Balance
• Choosing a High-Quality Medical Rehabilitation Program
• Exercise: It's Never too Late
• Functional Status Index (FSI)
• Functional Status Questionnaire
• Late-life Function & Disability Instrument (LLFDI)
• Pediatric Evaluation of Disability (PEDI)
• School Function Assessment (SFA)
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BU | HDR | January 8, 2007