This may seem silly, but when I walk up or down stairs that have a handrail, I almost always hover my hand near/over the handrailing. This a just in case behavior of mine: if my feet slip/stumble my hand can quickly grab the railing. If it is in my own house I just allow my hand to hold the railing, but if it is in a public place that I assume is filthy (such as a subway handrailing) I don’t want to touch something that so many other people have touched, so my hand hovers.
If you own a house with stairs that lack hand rail, I suggest getting one installed. That seems like a fairly easy preventative measure.
(To generalize, consider whether to use fancy technology like commercial airplanes rather than dangerous cheaper older technologies like personal automobiles.)
Another one is to lean forwards when going up the stairs. That way, if you fall, you fall forwards, not backwards;
forwards = face first into stairs,
backwards = roll down the stairs.
when going diwn the stairs, lean BACKWARDS; simmilar reasoning applies.
Thanks. Do you have any concrete tips on how to avoid falling down stairs?
This may seem silly, but when I walk up or down stairs that have a handrail, I almost always hover my hand near/over the handrailing. This a just in case behavior of mine: if my feet slip/stumble my hand can quickly grab the railing. If it is in my own house I just allow my hand to hold the railing, but if it is in a public place that I assume is filthy (such as a subway handrailing) I don’t want to touch something that so many other people have touched, so my hand hovers.
If you own a house with stairs that lack hand rail, I suggest getting one installed. That seems like a fairly easy preventative measure.
Build elevators everywhere?
(To generalize, consider whether to use fancy technology like commercial airplanes rather than dangerous cheaper older technologies like personal automobiles.)
Another one is to lean forwards when going up the stairs. That way, if you fall, you fall forwards, not backwards; forwards = face first into stairs, backwards = roll down the stairs.
when going diwn the stairs, lean BACKWARDS; simmilar reasoning applies.
hold onto the handrails.
maybe, if the stairs have bars, like this one
you could also try only going down the stairs when there’s someone to catch you