McHenry Handgrip Strength Tells A Lot about a Woman!
McHenry ladies, this article’s for you (and those who love you!). Men and women have unlike issues to contend with when it involves their bodies. Naturally! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is very familiar with these differences when it has to do with treating the spines and their various injured states of our McHenry chiropractic male and female patients. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic appreciates the differences but focuses on an interesting discovery about women’s hand-grip strength - not just her grip on a purse either! - and health issues including McHenry back pain.
GRIP STRENGTH AND HEALTH
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic admires the connections researchers make! Researchers have verified how grip strength is a sign of an assortment of health issues. One is anemia. Anemia bothers 13.9% of elderly people. Hand-grip strength and anemia in women is inversely related. Low hand-grip strength indicates anemia. (1) Another issue is that women with low hand-grip strength experienced poor quality of life as far as mobility, usual activities and pain/discomfort aspects. (2) A third hand-grip strength connection to health is its capacity to monitor cognitive decline in adults over 60 years old. Hand-grip strength decreases; cognition declines. (3) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic finds these tests interesting for McHenry chiropractic patients and is really interested in what hand-grip strength says about McHenry back pain!
GRIP STRENGTH AND BACK PAIN
Another connection is crafted among back pain, hand-grip strength and a woman’s physical activity level in an over-50-year-old woman. Researchers checked the hand-grip strength of women. Each hand was tested with a dynamometer tool. Low hand-grip strength was defined as low grip strength of the woman’s dominant hand. A highly physical woman was described as one who performed muscle-strengthening exercise at least 3 days a week. Women who had low hand-grip strength and a low physical active level were more likely to have low back pain. (4) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic does many tests as part of the McHenry chiropractic examination; now you know why! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic does not want to miss a thing!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Wanda Lopez on The Back Doctor’s Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about a woman with back pain she assisted with back pain relief and improved quality of life so she could return to walking in the park. What a delight!
