Carrolltown Chiropractic Patients At Risk of Falling May Find Help from Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation
“Have you fallen in the last year?”
That is the best conversation starting question a physician can ask a patient to determine fall risk. (1) From there, fall risk issues can be discussed and prevention suggestions can be shared. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues are important. Your Carrolltown chiropractor is sensitive to fall risk in our Carrolltown chiropractic patient group. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation looks at the influential physical and nutritional aspects of falls to help our Carrolltown patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not surprising to you or Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation, but the aging population is increasing. By 2029, folks older than 65 will comprise 20% of the population, and they will be more numerous than folks under 18! Those statistics alone are amazing. But think about some of the issues that will come with this aging population. One is fall risk. What contributes to the risk of falls? Nutritional status is as it impacts frailty and sarcopenia (muscle weakness). One approach to reducing the risk of falls is to address malnutrition. (2) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation knows nutrition and understands Carrolltown fall risk.
WHO CAN DETERMINE FALL RISK?
In 2015, 31% of all U.S. family physician appointments were for adults 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 handle them in the healthcare system and how to fund the healthcare they require. Sound familiar? Of course, Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation and you all know someone in this situation today. It’s 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 facing older adults. (1) Nutritional status must be addressed to prevent falls, but how can a doctor distinguish 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 Carrolltown 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 discovered that supplementing with calcium plus vitamin D significantly dropped the risk of falls. (3) Bone health is so important! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is well versed in nutrition and prepared to assist our Carrolltown chiropractic patients at risk of falling and/or who find themselves in a state of malnutrition that places them at risk of falling. Plus, Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to maintain a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
Schedule a Carrolltown chiropractic visit today. An assessment of your risk of fall can be done as necessary. An individualized nutritional plan can be made to enhance health and lower the risk of falling. The talk between your Carrolltown chiropractor and you at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation will begin with the simple question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and go from there.
