As the updated 2025 Falls Guidelines sharpen the focus on prevention, screening and targeted interventions, their real-world impact will depend on how effectively they are embedded into everyday clinical practice. 

With falls posing potentially life-changing consequences for older people, physiotherapists are uniquely positioned to lead prevention efforts through evidence-based assessment and tailored exercise programs that address balance and mobility. 

From individual clinicians integrating the guidelines into the systems and culture of their practice, to leading researchers calling for a coordinated national approach, the challenge now lies in translating these recommendations into consistent, meaningful action across the healthcare system.

Here, InMotion explores some perspectives of those in private practice as well as those delving into important research in this field.

Part 1: Keeping older people steady on their feet

Part 2: The power of exercise in falls prevention