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Balance: why people lose it after age 30? How to prevent this?
Starting in our thirties, we slowly begin to lose our sense of balance, which translates into health-threatening falls. What are the causes? How to prevent it?
Upright posture is one of the characteristic features of the human body. It is this feature that has largely contributed to the evolutionary success of Homo sapiens, which is the only one of the 300 species of apes that can boast of bipedalism. Interestingly, the factors responsible for the human gait phenomenon are still not fully understood. One thing is certain — millions of years ago, the nimble, four-legged ape got bored with life in the trees. For some unexplained reason, it took to exploring the mysterious land, so it had to lift its head and straighten its body. Only in this way could she perceive the dangers lurking around and react efficiently to them. The risk paid off, because millions of years later the descendants of this curious and implacable ape reached the top of the evolutionary ladder and dominated the Earth.
Theories explaining the reasons for our ancestors’ descent from the tree are still the subject of scientific debate today. According to Charles Darwin, we let go of branches to free our hands and create tools. Later research disproved this theory, as it turned out that the upright position occurred before we learned to use them. In…
