McHenry 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 most suitable opening question a doctor can post to a patient to determine fall risk. (1) From that answer, fall risk issues can be discussed and prevention hints can be shared. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues are important. Your McHenry chiropractor is sensitive to fall risk in our McHenry chiropractic patient group. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic considers the influential physical and nutritional aspects of falls to help our McHenry patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not a surprise to you or OrthoIllinois Chiropractic, 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 statistics alone are amazing. But think about some of the problems that will accompany this aging population. One is fall risk. What adds to the risk of falls? Nutritional status is as it contributes to frailty and sarcopenia (muscle weakness). One way to lowering the fall risk is to deal with malnutrition. (2) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic knows nutrition and understands McHenry fall risk.
WHO CAN DETERMINE FALL RISK?
In 2015, 31% of all U.S. family physician visits were for people over 65 years of age. By 2030, there will be 72 million over-65-year-olds. These folks are living longer and having all sorts of chronic issues and worrying about how to handle them in the healthcare system and how to pay for the healthcare they need. Sound familiar? Of course, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic and you all know someone in this situation now. It’s up to the doctors who take care of these patients to help them manage their healthcare issues. These doctors must be equipped to identify what issues these patients are at risk of experiencing. Falls are one of the big issues facing older adults. (1) Nutritional status must be tackled in order to prevent falls, but how can a doctor figure out 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 McHenry chiropractor is also great at this!
WHAT KIND OF NUTRITION HELPS?
A evaluation of published research studies involving 16,540 elderly people compared to 16,146 people in control groups revealed that supplementing with calcium plus vitamin D significantly lowered the risk of falls. (3) Bone health is so important! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is well versed in nutrition and ready to help our McHenry chiropractic patients at risk of falling and/or who discover that they are in a state of malnutrition that places them at risk of falling. Plus, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to maintain a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Schedule a McHenry chiropractic visit today. An evaluation of your risk of fall can be done as necessary. An individualized nutritional plan can be set up to enhance health and reduce the risk of falling. The talk between your McHenry chiropractor and you at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic will begin with the simple question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and build from there.
