Largo 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 most suitable opening question a healthcare person can ask a patient to determine fall risk. (1) From that answer, fall risk issues can be talked about and prevention hints can be shared. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues play a role. Your Largo chiropractor is sensitive to fall risk in our Largo chiropractic patient group. Hollstrom & Associates Inc considers the influencing physical and nutritional aspects of falls to assist our Largo patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not a surprise to you or Hollstrom & Associates Inc, but the aging population is rising. By 2029, folks older than 65 will make up 20% of the population, and they will outnumber folks younger than 18! Those numbers alone are astounding. But what about some of the issues that will come with this aging group of people. One is fall risk. What contributes to the risk of falls? Nutritional status is since it impacts frailty and sarcopenia (muscle weakness). One approach to lowering the fall risk is to address malnutrition. (2) Hollstrom & Associates Inc knows nutrition and understands Largo fall risk.
WHO CAN DETERMINE FALL RISK?
In 2015, 31% of all U.S. family physician appointments were for folks over 65 years of age. By 2030, there will be 72 million over-65-year-olds. These adults are living longer and living with 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, Hollstrom & Associates Inc and you all know someone in this situation now. It’s up to the doctors who take care of these patients to help them manage 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 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 Largo chiropractor is also great at this!
WHAT KIND OF NUTRITION HELPS?
A review of published research studies involving 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! Hollstrom & Associates Inc is well educated in nutrition and prepared to help our Largo 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, Hollstrom & Associates Inc offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to maintain a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Hollstrom & Associates Inc
Schedule a Largo chiropractic visit today. An evaluation of your risk of fall can be done as needed. A personalized nutritional plan can be made to enhance health and reduce the risk of falling. The talk between your Largo chiropractor and you at Hollstrom & Associates Inc will begin with the simple question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and go from there.
