Williamson 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 best opening question a physician can ask a patient to determine fall risk. (1) From there, fall risk issues can be discussed and prevention tips can be communicated. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues are important. Your Williamson chiropractor is responsive to fall risk in our Williamson chiropractic patient population. Apple Country Chiropractic considers the influential physical and nutritional aspects of falls to assist our Williamson patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not a surprise to you or Apple Country Chiropractic, but the aging population is increasing. By 2029, folks older than 65 will make up 20% of the population, and they will be more numerous than folks under 18! Those statistics alone are amazing. But what about some of the problems that will come with an aging group of people. One is fall risk. What adds to the risk of falls? Nutritional status is as it impacts frailty and sarcopenia (muscle weakness). One approach to dropping the risk of falls is to deal with malnutrition. (2) Apple Country Chiropractic knows nutrition and understands Williamson fall risk.
WHO CAN DETERMINE FALL RISK?
In 2015, 31% of all U.S. family physician visits were for folks over 65 years of age. By 2030, there will be 72 million over-65-year-olds. These folks are living longer and developing all types of chronic issues and worrying about how to handle them in the healthcare system and how to fund the healthcare they require. Sound familiar? Of course, Apple Country Chiropractic and you all know someone in this situation 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 educated to figure out what issues these patients are at risk of experiencing. Falls are one of the big issues challenging older adults. (1) Nutritional status must be addressed to prevent falls, but how can a doctor distinguish who needs their nutritional status checked to prevent falls? Family physicians are typically first line doctors for this task as they see so many patients. Your Williamson chiropractor is also great at this!
WHAT KIND OF NUTRITION HELPS?
A review 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 reduced the risk of falls. (3) Bone health is so important! Apple Country Chiropractic is well versed in nutrition and prepared to help our Williamson 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, Apple Country Chiropractic offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to maintain a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Apple Country Chiropractic
Schedule a Williamson chiropractic visit today. An evaluation of your risk of fall can be done as needed. A personalized nutritional plan can be made to improve health and lower the risk of falling. The talk between your Williamson chiropractor and you at Apple Country Chiropractic will begin with the easiest question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and build from there.
