Concord, NC Fall Prevention and Pain Relief with Chiropractic Care
Falls can occur at any age. Falls can trigger much harm or little harm at all. Falling once certainly can increase the level of fear of falling again. All these bits of information indicate that falls are a concern, a concern that is age blind. Pure Chiropractic always questions our Concord, NC chiropractic patients if they’ve fallen recently. Pure Chiropractic is in favor of interventions like exercise that may reduce the fear of falls, the impact of falls and the incidence of falls. Plus, Pure Chiropractic is quite good at relieving Concord, NC back pain or neck pain that develops.
OLDER FOLKS AND FALLS
Older folks live at home by themselves and with others or in community-based accommodations. Each situation has a risk of falling. Rugs, pets, misreading steps, or any number of things can cause a fall. For these older folks, the fear of falling is not unusual. Researchers have done research studies involving exercise interventions that reduce the fear of falling as well as the risk of falling. Such trials with community-dwelling older folks incorporated planned, structured, repetitive physical activity oriented to improving strength, gait, balance and mood in addition to decreasing falls. Some interventions tested are three dimensional,for example Tai Chi, Yoga, resistance training, and balance work. One meta-analysis of exercise trials described non-statistically significant benefits but benefits nonetheless: an 11% reduction in people who fell, a 13% drop in falls, a 19% drop in injuries from falls. (1) Another study of aged 60-88 year olds that used a judo inspired exercise program which taught the participants how to fall and how to prevent falls revealed significant improvements in physical performance, fall-related self-efficacy and fall techniques. (2) They reported that such practices worked, particularly immediately following the intervention. (3) Pure Chiropractic would support our older Concord, NC patients’ continued exercising to extend these fall-prevention and fall-fear-reducing advantages!
YOUNGER FOLKS AND FALLS
Younger folks can appreciate Concord, NC fall prevention strategies as falls can be detrimental to them, too. Falls and fall-related injuries put at risk people at all ages. Falls at work and at home are an issue. A workplace trial of 10 weeks for working age adults with a judo-inspired exercise program set out to improve physical function, activity, fall-related self-efficacy and safe-landing skills for a fall. Participants got better physically and psychologically. They practiced techniques in how to fall safely and how to stop falls. (4) Pure Chiropractic supports exercise for all Concord, NC chiropractic family members, young and old, to keep strong and healthy in the face of challenges like falls. Pure Chiropractic helps relieve fall-related back pain and neck pain, too.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes helping a patient recover from pain after a fall using The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Concord, NC chiropractic visit with Pure Chiropractic to remove the fear of falling, the pain out of a fall, and the chance of a fall and decrease it with some guidance on strengthening exercise along with back pain-relieving chiropractic care.
