Fort Wayne 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 conversation starting question a physician can post to a patient to ascertain fall risk. (1) From that answer, fall risk issues can be discussed and prevention suggestions can be communicated. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues are important. Your Fort Wayne chiropractor is aware of fall risk in our Fort Wayne chiropractic patient population. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic considers the influencing physical and nutritional aspects of falls to assist our Fort Wayne patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not a surprise to you or Aaron Chiropractic Clinic, but the aging population is rising. By 2029, folks older than 65 will comprise 20% of the population, and they will outnumber folks younger than 18! Those stats alone are astounding. But what about some of the problems that will accompany this 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 address malnutrition. (2) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic knows nutrition and understands Fort Wayne 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 adults are living longer and living with all types of chronic issues and worrying about how to manage them in the healthcare system and how to fund the healthcare they require. Sound familiar? Of course, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic and you all know someone in this situation today. It is up to the doctors who see these patients to help them manage their healthcare issues. These doctors must be equipped 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 tackled in order to prevent falls, but how can a doctor tell who needs their nutritional status checked to prevent falls? Family physicians are often first line doctors for this task as they see so many patients. Your Fort Wayne 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 discovered that supplementing with calcium plus vitamin D significantly reduced the risk of falls. (3) Bone health is so important! Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is well educated in nutrition and prepared to assist our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients at risk of falling and/or who discover that they are in a state of malnutrition that places them at risk of falling. Plus, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to maintain a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
Schedule a Fort Wayne chiropractic visit today. An assessment of your risk of fall can be done as needed. A personalized nutritional plan can be set up to enhance health and lower the risk of falling. The talk between your Fort Wayne chiropractor and you at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic will begin with the easiest question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and build from there.
