San Jose Chiropractic Care Includes Fall Risk Assessment due to Malnutrition
Fall risk and nutrional status. What is the link? It is pretty simple when you think about it. Poor nutrition sparks muscle and weight loss. Chiropractic Solutions carefully assesses our older San Jose chiropractic patients at risk for falls, especially their nutritional status. Chiropractic Solutions is concerned about fall prevention!
NUTRITIONAL STATUS BEFORE FALLS
Researchers attempted to define the association between nutritional status and body mass index (BMI) and fall risk and recurrent fall risk in older adults who reside in community settings. They discovered that malnourished patients and those at risk for malnourishment maintained a 45% higher risk of having at least 1 fall. (1) Checking BMI and nutritional status is relatively simple to perform. Chiropractic Solutions does it to safeguard our San Jose chiropractic patients!
San Jose FALL RISK AND MALNUTRITION
Fall risk assessments have often disregarded nutritional status instead focusing on issues like balance and fall risk-increasing drugs. Nutritional status has a role, too. Malnutrition prompts weight loss which leads to muscle weakness which leads to an increase in fall risk. It is truly a ripple effect! A recent study reported that malnutrition was significantly associated with high fall risk according to several prominent fall risk assessment tools (particularly the Johns Hopkins fall risk assessment tool). (2) Preventing falls is optimal. Recovering from falls is important.
NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND RECOVERY AFTER FALLS
Poor nutritional status in older adults especially those with a history of falling puts them at risk of inferior recovery from a fall. Nearly a third of community-dwelling adults with a fall history were either already malnourished or at risk of malnourishment. Enhancing the nutritional status of those who experienced a fall enhanced their physical performance. (3) Chiropractic Solutions understands nutrition and is ready to assist our at-risk patients enrich theirs!
CONTACT Chiropractic Solutions
Schedule a San Jose chiropractic visit for you and/or your loved who is at risk for falls and/or malnutrition. Chiropractic Solutions intends to keep our San Jose chiropractic patients protected from falls and malnutrition with sounds chiropractic care!
