Largo Chiropractic Care Includes Fall Risk Assessment due to Malnutrition

February 11, 2020

Nutrition and fall risk. What’s the connection? It makes sense when you think about it. Poor nutrition leads to muscle and weight loss. Hollstrom & Associates Inc thoroughly checks our older Largo chiropractic patients at risk for falls, paying special attention to their nutritional status. Hollstrom & Associates Inc cares about fall prevention!

NUTRITIONAL STATUS BEFORE FALLS

Researchers tried to describe the relationship between nutritional status and body mass index (BMI) and fall risk and recurrent fall risk in older people who reside in community settings. They discovered that malnourished patients and those at risk for malnourishment maintained a 45% higher risk of experiencing at least 1 fall. (1) Verifying BMI and nutritional status is relatively easy to do. Hollstrom & Associates Inc does it to protect our Largo chiropractic patients!

Largo FALL RISK AND MALNUTRITION

Fall risk assessments have often ignored nutritional status instead concentrating on issues like balance and fall risk-increasing drugs. Nutritional status has a role, too. Malnutrition leads to weight loss which prompts muscle weakness which leads to an increase in fall risk. It’s truly a domino effect! A recent study revealed that malnutrition was significantly associated with high fall risk according to a few prominent fall risk assessment tools (especially the Johns Hopkins fall risk assessment tool). (2) Preventing falls is optimal. Recovering from falls is important.

NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND RECOVERY AFTER FALLS

Low nutritional status in older adults notably in those with a history of falling sets them up for higher risk of inferior recovery from a fall. Nearly a third of community-dwelling adults with a history of falling were either already malnourished or at risk of malnourishment. Enhancing the nutritional status of those who have fallen increased their physical performance. (3) Hollstrom & Associates Inc understands nutrition and is ready to help our at-risk patients improve theirs!

CONTACT Hollstrom & Associates Inc

Schedule a Largo chiropractic visit for you and/or your loved who is at risk for falls and/or malnutrition. Hollstrom & Associates Inc intends to keep our Largo chiropractic patients protected from falls and malnutrition with reliable chiropractic care!

 
Hollstrom & Associates Inc checks patients for fall risks which include nutritional status and malnutrition indicators.