As told to Erica RimlingerI wasn’t taking risks when I fell. I was walking on a paved path in the park with my grown children when I just tripped on seemingly nothing. I lurched forward, leaving my feet behind me and my upper body hurtling toward the pavement. As a professional pianist, I thought I’d trained myself to not use my hands to catch myself during a fall, but when the moment came, instincts overcame intentions, and I landed on my hands.Embarrassed, I got up quickly and insisted I was fine. But after a few steps I began to doubt that. My arms, wrists and hands were in a lot of pain. W...
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