Elgin 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 healthcare person can post to a patient to ascertain fall risk. (1) From that answer, fall risk issues can be talked about and prevention suggestions can be shared. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues are important. Your Elgin chiropractor is sensitive to fall risk in our Elgin chiropractic patient population. Connected Chiropractic considers the influencing physical and nutritional aspects of falls to assist our Elgin patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not surprising to you or Connected Chiropractic, but the aging population is increasing. By 2029, folks older than 65 will comprise 20% of the population, and they will outnumber folks under 18! Those numbers alone are amazing. But think about some of the problems that will accompany an aging population. One is fall risk. What contributes to the risk of falls? Nutritional status is as it contributes to frailty and sarcopenia (muscle weakness). One approach to lowering the fall risk is to take care of malnutrition. (2) Connected Chiropractic knows nutrition and understands Elgin fall risk.
WHO CAN DETERMINE FALL RISK?
In 2015, 31% of all U.S. family physician appointments were for folks over 65 years of age. By 2030, there will be 72 million over-65-year-olds. These adults are living longer and developing all types of chronic issues and worrying about how to manage them in the healthcare system and how to pay for the healthcare they require. Sound familiar? Of course, Connected Chiropractic and you all know someone in this set of circumstances today. It is up to the doctors who take care of these patients to assist them in managing 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 challenging older adults. (1) Nutritional status must be tackled in order to prevent falls, but how can a doctor identify who needs their nutritional status checked to prevent falls? Family physicians are often first line doctors for this task as they see so many patients. Your Elgin 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 revealed that supplementing with calcium plus vitamin D significantly reduced the risk of falls. (3) Bone health is so important! Connected Chiropractic is well educated in nutrition and ready to assist our Elgin chiropractic patients at risk of falling and/or who discover that they are in a state of malnutrition that puts them at risk of falling. Plus, Connected Chiropractic offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to maintain a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Connected Chiropractic
Schedule a Elgin chiropractic visit now. An evaluation of your risk of fall can be done as necessary. A personalized nutritional plan can be set up to improve health and lower the risk of falling. The discussion between your Elgin chiropractor and you at Connected Chiropractic will begin with the simple question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and go from there.
