Williamson Fall Prevention and Pain Relief with Chiropractic Care
Falls can happen at any age. Falls can trigger great harm or little harm at all. Falling once surely can raise the level of fear of falling again. All these bits of information point out that falls are am issue, an issue that is age blind. Apple Country Chiropractic always questions our Williamson chiropractic patients if they’ve fallen lately. Apple Country Chiropractic is in favor of interventions like exercise that may decrease the fear of falls, the impact of falls and the incidence of falls. Plus, Apple Country Chiropractic is really good at relieving Williamson back pain or neck pain that ensues.
OLDER FOLKS AND FALLS
Older folks live at home alone and with others or in community-based accommodations. Each situation carries a risk of falling. Rugs, pets, misreading steps, or any number of things can cause a fall. For these older friends and neighbors and relatives, the fear of falling is not unusual. Researchers have put effort into research studies involving exercise interventions that reduce the fear of falling and the risk of falling. Such trials with community-dwelling older persons involved planned, structured, repetitive physical activity geared toward improving strength, gait, balance and mood as well as decreasing falls. Some interventions tested are three dimensional like Tai Chi, Yoga, resistance training, and balance work. One meta-analysis of exercise trials detailed non-statistically significant benefits but benefits even so: an 11% drop in people who fell, a 13% drop in falls, a 19% decrease in injuries from falls. (1) Another study of aged 60-88 year olds that implemented a judo inspired exercise program which taught them how to fall and how to prevent falls showed significant improvements in physical performance, fall-related self-efficacy and fall techniques. (2) They discovered that such practices worked, particularly immediately following the intervention. (3) Apple Country Chiropractic would support our older Williamson patients’ continued exercising to extend these fall-prevention and fall-fear-reducing advantages!
YOUNGER FOLKS AND FALLS
Younger folks can appreciate Williamson fall prevention strategies as falls may be just as detrimental to them. Falls and fall-related injuries endanger people at all ages. Falls at work and at home are a problem. A workplace trial that lasted 10 weeks for working age adults with a judo-inspired exercise program was designed to improve physical function, activity, fall-related self-efficacy and safe-landing techniques for a fall. Participants got better physically and psychologically. They gathered techniques in how to fall safely as well as how to prevent falls. (4) Apple Country Chiropractic supports exercise for all Williamson chiropractic family members, young and old, to keep strong and healthy in the face of challenges like falls. Apple Country Chiropractic helps alleviate fall-related back pain and neck pain, too.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes helping a patient recover from pain due to a fall implementing The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Williamson chiropractic visit with Apple Country Chiropractic to remove the fear of falling, the pain out of a fall, and the chance of a fall and reduce it with some advice on strengthening exercise along with back pain-relieving chiropractic care.
