In 1956, during his fifth visit to the US, Baba stayed at New York's Hotel Delmonico before traveling to the Meher Center at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Kljub zdravniškim napovedim o ravno nasprotnem, je Baba z velikimi napori uspel znova hoditi, a je od takrat neprestano trpel bolečine in je v bil svoji sposobnosti za gibanje resno omejen.