McHenry Vitamin Deficiencies in Women Related to Fracture Risk
Fractures are enemies of McHenry women and men. They give rise to pain and long recoveries. McHenry postmenopausal women have a tendency to be at higher risk of fractures, especially those who have vitamin deficiencies. McHenry vitamin deficiencies are pretty [simple|easy]6] to test for and addressed with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic's help should testing divulge such deficiencies. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic guides McHenry chiropractic patients who are ready to have their vitamin status evaluated and help them any deficiencies in order to lower fracture risk.
VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND FRACTURE RISK
The more the merrier? Not necessarily when it comes to multiple vitamin deficiencies! A new study reported that the cumulative effect of vitamin deficiencies raised the risk of incident fractures in postmenopausal women. Vitamin D, vitamin K and vitamin B levels were measured in women over 50 years old and followed for 6.3 years (plus or minus 5.1 years). 29.7% of these women experienced fractures during that time period. The number of deficiencies (0/no deficiencies to 3/deficient in D, K and B) was significantly associated with fracture risk. (1) Regarding this report, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic notices that it’s important to check for vitamin deficiencies and tackle them.
WHAT TO DO TO FIX VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND AVOID McHenry FRACTURES
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic notes that the risk of fragility fractures is greater than the risk of breast cancer for postmenopausal women. 33% are at risk. Luckily, McHenry fracture risk can be limited by healthy lifestyle modifications like vitamin supplementation, weight-bearing exercise, limited alcohol intake and no smoking. Vitamin supplementation including at least 1000 mg/day of calcium, 800 IU/day of vitamin D, and 1 gram/kilogram of body weight of protein in women over 50 is suggested. (2) Vitamin D with calcium supplementation lessens the risk of total fractures by 15% and hip fractures by 30%, specifically. (3) Oral vitamin K supplementation (phytonadione and menaquinone-4) reduced bone loss. Menaquinone-4 had the strongest impact on vertebral fracture reduction. (4) And while vitamin B supplementation alone didn’t demonstrate a significant impact on osteoporotic fracture incidence in patients with cerebrovascular disease, it did reveal a modest effect. (5) Patients with very high plasma homocysteine levels and vascular disease seemed to benefit more from vitamin B supplementation (folate, B6, and B12) to prevent osteoporotic fractures. Vitamin B effectively modifies HCy levels thought to have a role in osteoporotic fracture and bone turnover. (6) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic examines all kinds of factors when directing patients in nutritional supplementation.
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Schedule a McHenry chiropractic visit with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic to address any vitamin deficiencies and lessen your McHenry fracture risk!
