Manchester Hip Fracture Risk Reduced by Multivitamin Use
Hip fractures. These are significant health issues around the globe. The risk of Manchester hip fracture is impacted negatively by drugs taken for all sorts of issues and positively by nutritional supplements. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries constantly keeps in mind the risk of fragility hip fracture in our patients with osteoporosis and carefully observes our Manchester osteoporotic patients. A new, uncomplicated way to address hip fracture risk appears to be once-a-day multivitamin supplementation. Easy!
Manchester OSTEOPOROSIS AND HIP FRACTURE
As easy as it seems, just figuring out who are at risk for osteoporotic hip fractures and treating them to prevent a hip fracture is occasionally a trick! A meta-analysis (a top-level review) of published research data regarding the effectiveness of screening the general population reported that such screening reduced osteoporotic fractures and hip fractures. (1) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is watchful of at-risk Manchester osteoporotic and hip fracture patients.
DRUGS AND Manchester OSTEOPOROTIC HIP FRACTURE
Fragility hip fractures and related issues including mortality are issues for healthcare providers. Some pharmaceutical products are reported to alter bone structure and impact the risk of fragility hip fractures. These drugs were significantly linked to these fractures in a review of 38 studies on the topic: antiparkinsonian drugs, antidepressants, anxiolytic drugs, antipsychotic drugs, benzodiazepines, proton pump inhibitors, H2 antagonists, and thyroid hormone. One drug intervention was associated with a reduced risk of hip fracture: hormone replacement therapy with estrogen. The advice researchers proposed to give patients at risk of fragility hip fractures due to medications: details about osteoporosis and fracture prevention. (2) That’s good advice. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is all about sharing information and would add that new research points to supplementation as a help.
Manchester CHIROPRACTIC SUGGESTED NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS AND HIP FRACTURE REDUCTION
As hip fracture is a serious complication of osteoporosis, a non-drug approach like multivitamin use and its effect on hip fracture risk is of interest. A meta-analysis reported on 8 studies on hip fracture risk and multivitamin use. 80,148 subjects – 4237 of them had a fragility hip fracture – were examined. The average age was 69 years. 21% were male. Combined multivitamin supplements are already very popular and commonly used. Their use was found to be significantly protective against osteoporosis-related hip fracture. (3) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries would hate to see any of our osteoporotic patients suffer a hip fracture!
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CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
Schedule your Manchester chiropractic appointment today. We can evaluate your fragility hip fracture risk and the appropriateness of adding a multivitamin to your daily nutrition routine to avoid your experiencing a hip fracture.
