Concord, NC 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 doctor can ask a patient to ascertain fall risk. (1) From that answer, fall risk issues can be discussed and prevention tips can be communicated. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues play a role. Your Concord, NC chiropractor is responsive to fall risk in our Concord, NC chiropractic patient population. Pure Chiropractic looks at the influencing physical and nutritional aspects of falls to assist our Concord, NC patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not a surprise to you or Pure Chiropractic, but the aging population is rising. By 2029, folks older than 65 will comprise 20% of the population, and they will be more numerous than folks under 18! Those stats alone are amazing. But what about some of the problems 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 lowering the fall risk is to address malnutrition. (2) Pure Chiropractic knows nutrition and understands Concord, NC fall risk.
WHO CAN DETERMINE FALL RISK?
In 2015, 31% of all U.S. family physician appointments were for people over 65 years of age. By 2030, there will be 72 million over-65-year-olds. These adults are living longer and experiencing all sorts of chronic issues and worrying about how to handle them in the healthcare system and how to pay for the healthcare they need. Sound familiar? Of course, Pure Chiropractic and you all know someone in this set of circumstances now. It is up to the doctors who see these patients to assist them in managing their healthcare issues. These doctors must be equipped to identify 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 tell who needs their nutritional status checked to prevent falls? Family physicians are typically first line doctors for this job as they see so many patients. Your Concord, NC chiropractor is also great at this!
WHAT KIND OF NUTRITION HELPS?
A evaluation 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! Pure Chiropractic is well experienced in nutrition and prepared to assist our Concord, NC chiropractic patients at risk of falling and/or who discover that they are in a state of malnutrition that puts them at risk of falling. Plus, Pure Chiropractic offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to keep a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Pure Chiropractic
Schedule a Concord, NC chiropractic visit now. An evaluation of your risk of fall can be done as necessary. An individualized nutritional plan can be set up to improve health and lower the risk of falling. The discussion between your Concord, NC chiropractor and you at Pure Chiropractic will begin with the simple question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and build from there.
