San Jose 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 most suitable conversation starting question a physician can post to a patient to establish fall risk. (1) From there, fall risk issues can be discussed and prevention tips can be communicated. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues are important. Your San Jose chiropractor is responsive to fall risk in our San Jose chiropractic patient group. Chiropractic Solutions considers the influential physical and nutritional aspects of falls to help our San Jose patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not a surprise to you or Chiropractic Solutions, but the aging population is rising. By 2029, folks older than 65 will make up 20% of the population, and they will be more numerous than folks under 18! Those numbers alone are astounding. But think about some of the problems that will accompany an aging group of people. 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 reducing the fall risk is to take care of malnutrition. (2) Chiropractic Solutions knows nutrition and understands San Jose fall risk.
WHO CAN DETERMINE FALL RISK?
In 2015, 31% of all U.S. family physician visits 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 types of chronic issues and worrying about how to handle them in the healthcare system and how to fund the healthcare they need. Sound familiar? Of course, Chiropractic Solutions and you all know someone in this situation today. It is up to the doctors who take care of 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 challenging older adults. (1) Nutritional status must be addressed to prevent falls, but how can a doctor tell who needs their nutritional status tested to prevent falls? Family physicians are often first line doctors for this job as they see so many patients. Your San Jose chiropractor is also great at this!
WHAT KIND OF NUTRITION HELPS?
A review of published research studies concerning 16,540 elderly people compared to 16,146 people in control groups discovered that supplementing with calcium plus vitamin D significantly lowered the risk of falls. (3) Bone health is so important! Chiropractic Solutions is well experienced in nutrition and ready to help our San Jose 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, Chiropractic Solutions offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to keep a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Chiropractic Solutions
Schedule a San Jose chiropractic visit now. An evaluation of your risk of fall can be done as necessary. A personalized nutritional plan can be made to enhance health and lower the risk of falling. The talk between your San Jose chiropractor and you at Chiropractic Solutions will begin with the easiest question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and build from there.
