Fractures are enemies of Fort Wayne women and men.
They result in pain and long recoveries. Fort Wayne
postmenopausal women tend to be at greater
risk of fractures, especially those who have
vitamin deficiencies. Fort Wayne vitamin deficiencies are pretty
easily tested for and addressed with Aaron Chiropractic Clinic's help should testing reveal such deficiencies. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic guides
Fort Wayne chiropractic patients who want to find out about their
vitamin status with nutrition and address any deficiencies in order to reduce
fracture risk.
VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND FRACTURE RISK
The more the better? Not necessarily
when it comes to multiple vitamin deficiencies! A recent
study told that the cumulative effect of vitamin deficiencies
increased the risk of incident fractures in
postmenopausal women. Vitamin D, vitamin K and vitamin B levels were measured
in women over 50 years of age and tracked for 6.3 years
(plus or minus 5.1 years). 29.7% of these women had fractures
during that time period. The number of deficiencies
(0/no deficiencies to 3/deficient in D, K and B) was significantly associated with fracture risk. (1) With respect
to this report, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic notes that it’s important to check for vitamin deficiencies
and address them.
WHAT TO DO TO IMPROVE VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND PREVENT
Fort Wayne FRACTURES
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic points out that the risk of fragility
fractures is greater than the risk of breast cancer for postmenopausal
women. One in 3 are at risk. Luckily, Fort Wayne
fracture risk may well be curbed by healthy
lifestyle modifications like vitamin supplementation, weight-bearing
exercise, limited alcohol consumption and not smoking. Vitamin
supplementation including at least 1000 mg/day of calcium,
800 IU/day of vitamin D, and 1 gram/kilogram of body weight of protein in women
over 50 is suggested. (2) Vitamin D plus calcium supplementation
reduces the risk of total fractures by 15% and hip fractures by
30%, specifically. (3) Oral vitamin K supplementation (phytonadione and menaquinone-4)
reduced bone loss. Menaquinone-4 had
the strongest effect on vertebral fracture reduction. (4) And while
supplementing with vitamin B alone did not
demonstrate a significant impact on osteoporotic fracture
incidence in patients with cerebrovascular disease, it did show
a modest impact. (5) Patients with very high plasma homocysteine
levels and vascular disease seemed to benefit more from vitamin
B supplementation (folate, B6, and B12) to prevent osteoporotic fractures. Vitamin
B effectively changes HCy levels thought
to have a role in osteoporotic fracture and bone turnover. (6) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic considers
all types of factors when directing patients in
nutritional supplementation.
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Schedule a Fort Wayne chiropractic visit with
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic to tackle any vitamin deficiencies and lessen
your Fort Wayne fracture risk!