Sitka 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 ask a patient to establish fall risk. (1) From there, fall risk issues can be discussed and prevention hints can be shared. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues play a role. Your Sitka chiropractor is responsive to fall risk in our Sitka chiropractic patient population. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka looks at the influential physical and nutritional aspects of falls to assist our Sitka patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not surprising to you or Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka, but the aging population is increasing. By 2029, folks older than 65 will comprise 20% of the population, and they will outnumber folks younger than 18! Those numbers alone are astounding. But think about some of the problems that will accompany an 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 approach to reducing the risk of falls is to take care of malnutrition. (2) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka knows nutrition and understands Sitka 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 adults are living longer and living with 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, Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka and you all know someone in this situation today. It’s up to the doctors who see 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 tackled in order to prevent falls, but how can a doctor identify who needs their nutritional status tested to prevent falls? Family physicians are typically first line doctors for this task as they see so many patients. Your Sitka chiropractor is also great at this!
WHAT KIND OF NUTRITION HELPS?
A review of published research studies concerning 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! Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is well experienced in nutrition and prepared to help our Sitka chiropractic patients at risk of falling and/or who find themselves in a state of malnutrition that places them at risk of falling. Plus, Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to maintain a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Schedule a Sitka chiropractic visit today. An evaluation of your risk of fall can be done as needed. An individualized nutritional plan can be set up to improve health and lower the risk of falling. The talk between your Sitka chiropractor and you at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka will begin with the simple question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and build from there.
