Oxford 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 best conversation starting question a healthcare person can ask a patient to establish 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 Oxford chiropractor is responsive to fall risk in our Oxford chiropractic patient population. Satterwhite Chiropractic considers the influencing physical and nutritional aspects of falls to help our Oxford patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not surprising to you or Satterwhite Chiropractic, but the aging population is increasing. By 2029, folks older than 65 will make up 20% of the population, and they will be more numerous than folks younger than 18! Those stats alone are amazing. But think about some of the issues that will accompany this aging group of people. One is fall risk. What contributes to the risk of falls? Nutritional status is since it contributes to frailty and sarcopenia (muscle weakness). One approach to reducing the risk of falls is to address malnutrition. (2) Satterwhite Chiropractic knows nutrition and understands Oxford 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 people are living longer and having all types of chronic issues and worrying about how to manage them in the healthcare system and how to pay for the healthcare they need. Sound familiar? Of course, Satterwhite Chiropractic and you all know someone in this set of circumstances today. It is up to the doctors who see these patients to assist them in managing their healthcare issues. These doctors must be educated to identify what issues these patients are at risk of experiencing. Falls are one of the big issues challenging 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 typically first line doctors for this job as they see so many patients. Your Oxford 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 reduced the risk of falls. (3) Bone health is so important! Satterwhite Chiropractic is well versed in nutrition and ready to help our Oxford 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, Satterwhite Chiropractic offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to keep a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic
Schedule a Oxford chiropractic visit now. An assessment of your risk of fall can be done as necessary. A personalized nutritional plan can be made to enhance health and reduce the risk of falling. The discussion between your Oxford chiropractor and you at Satterwhite Chiropractic will begin with the simple question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and build from there.
