Carrolltown Chiropractic Care Includes Fall Risk Assessment due to Malnutrition

Fall risk and nutrional status. What is the link? It makes sense when you think about it. Poor nutrition sparks muscle and weight loss. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation carefully assesses our older Carrolltown chiropractic patients at risk for falls, especially their nutritional status. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is concerned about fall prevention!

NUTRITIONAL STATUS BEFORE FALLS

Researchers tried to define the association between nutritional status and body mass index (BMI) and fall risk and recurrent fall risk in older adults who live in community settings. They discovered that malnourished patients and those at risk for malnourishment had a 45% higher risk of having at least one fall. (1) Checking BMI and nutritional status is pretty simple to perform. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation does it to safeguard our Carrolltown chiropractic patients!

Carrolltown FALL RISK AND MALNUTRITION

Fall risk assessments have often disregarded nutritional status instead concentrating on issues like balance and fall risk-increasing drugs. Nutritional status is important, too. Malnutrition leads to weight loss which prompts muscle weakness which leads to an increase in fall risk. It’s truly a ripple effect! A recent study revealed that malnutrition was significantly associated with high fall risk according to a few leading fall risk assessment tools (particularly the Johns Hopkins fall risk assessment tool). (2) Preventing falls is optimal. Recovering from falls is important.

NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND RECOVERY AFTER FALLS

Poor nutritional status in older adults especially those who have a history of falling puts them at risk of inferior recovery from a fall. Almost a third of community-dwelling adults with a fall history were either currently malnourished or at risk of malnourishment. Enhancing the nutritional status of those who experienced a fall enhanced their physical performance. (3) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation understands nutrition and is ready to help our at-risk patients enrich theirs!

CONTACT Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation

Schedule a Carrolltown chiropractic visit for you and/or your loved who is at risk for falls and/or malnutrition. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation intends to keep our Carrolltown chiropractic patients protected from falls and malnutrition with solid chiropractic care!