Manchester Chiropractic Patients At Risk of Falling May Find Help from Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation
“Have you fallen in the last year?”
That’s the best opening question a doctor can post to a patient to determine fall risk. (1) From that answer, fall risk issues can be talked about and prevention tips can be communicated. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues play a role. Your Manchester chiropractor is sensitive to fall risk in our Manchester chiropractic patient group. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries considers the influential physical and nutritional aspects of falls to help our Manchester patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not surprising to you or Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries, but the aging population is rising. By 2029, folks older than 65 will make up 20% of the population, and they will outnumber folks younger than 18! Those numbers alone are amazing. But what about some of the issues that will come with an aging population. One is fall risk. What contributes to the risk of falls? Nutritional status is as it impacts frailty and sarcopenia (muscle weakness). One approach to lowering the fall risk is to address malnutrition. (2) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries knows nutrition and understands Manchester fall risk.
WHO CAN DETERMINE FALL RISK?
In 2015, 31% of all U.S. family physician appointments were for adults over 65 years of age. By 2030, there will be 72 million over-65-year-olds. These folks are living longer and living with all sorts of chronic issues and worrying about how to handle them in the healthcare system and how to fund the healthcare they require. Sound familiar? Of course, Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries and you all know someone in this situation now. It’s up to the doctors who see these patients to assist them in managing their healthcare issues. These doctors must be educated to identify what issues these patients are at risk of experiencing. Falls are one of the big issues challenging older adults. (1) Nutritional status must be addressed to prevent falls, but how can a doctor tell who needs their nutritional status tested to prevent falls? Family physicians are typically first line doctors for this job as they see so many patients. Your Manchester chiropractor is also great at this!
WHAT KIND OF NUTRITION HELPS?
A review of published research studies about 16,540 elderly people compared to 16,146 people in control groups discovered that supplementing with calcium plus vitamin D significantly dropped the risk of falls. (3) Bone health is so important! Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is well experienced in nutrition and ready to assist our Manchester chiropractic patients at risk of falling and/or who find themselves in a state of malnutrition that puts them at risk of falling. Plus, Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to keep a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
Schedule a Manchester chiropractic visit now. An assessment of your risk of fall can be done as necessary. An individualized nutritional plan can be set up to improve health and lower the risk of falling. The talk between your Manchester chiropractor and you at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries will begin with the easiest question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and build from there.
