Auburn 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 physician can post to a patient to ascertain fall risk. (1) From there, fall risk issues can be talked about and prevention suggestions can be communicated. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues play a role. Your Auburn chiropractor is responsive to fall risk in our Auburn chiropractic patient group. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. looks at the influential physical and nutritional aspects of falls to help our Auburn patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not surprising to you or Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C., 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 stats alone are astounding. But what about some of the issues that will come with this aging population. One is fall risk. What adds to the risk of falls? Nutritional status is as it contributes to frailty and sarcopenia (muscle weakness). One approach to dropping the fall risk is to deal with malnutrition. (2) Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. knows nutrition and understands Auburn 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 having all types of chronic issues and worrying about how to manage them in the healthcare system and how to fund the healthcare they need. Sound familiar? Of course, Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. and you all know someone in this situation now. It’s up to the doctors who see these patients to assist them in managing their healthcare issues. These doctors must be educated to figure out what issues these patients are at risk of experiencing. Falls are one of the big issues facing older adults. (1) Nutritional status must be tackled in order to prevent falls, but how can a doctor figure out who needs their nutritional status tested to prevent falls? Family physicians are typically first line doctors for this job as they see so many patients. Your Auburn 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! Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is well versed in nutrition and ready to assist our Auburn chiropractic patients at risk of falling and/or who find themselves in a state of malnutrition that puts them at risk of falling. Plus, Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to maintain a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.
Schedule a Auburn chiropractic visit today. An evaluation of your risk of fall can be done as necessary. An individualized nutritional plan can be set up to enhance health and reduce the risk of falling. The talk between your Auburn chiropractor and you at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. will begin with the easiest question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and build from there.
