This story was originally featured in the Fall 2025 edition of the USA Health magazine.
Two years ago, Lynn Slaton was rushing to leave her house one morning when her running shoe stuck to the wood floor. As she yanked her leg, her foot came out of the shoe and the motion sent her plunging forward — head down — into a door jamb.
The force of the impact was so intense she fell to the floor, stunned. A few moments later, she picked herself up and headed out to keep the appointment she was hurrying to before the accident. Her husband took one look at her and decided she was in no shape to travel alone…