Fall prevention program expands with new beginner session starting May 13
Petersburg Medical Center's intermediate Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention class (pictured above) is held in the Mitkof Dance Troupe studio on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. The newly-formed beginner's class will be led by Logan Stolpe on Wednesday afternoons upstairs at the WERC building off Haugen Drive.
A free Tai Chi program at Petersburg Medical Center has quietly been building a following since fall 2023, and this month it's opening the door to new participants with a beginner class starting May 13.
The program is part of a substantial four-year federal grant focused on fall prevention, administered through the Administration for Community Living under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant funds two evidence-based programs in Petersburg: Bingo Size, an exercise and social program offered at Parks and Recreation, Mountain View Manor, and the hospital's long-term care u...
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