Montreal 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 opening question a healthcare person can post to a patient to determine fall risk. (1) From that answer, fall risk issues can be talked about and prevention tips can be shared. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues play a role. Your Montreal chiropractor is responsive to fall risk in our Montreal chiropractic patient group. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic looks at the influential physical and nutritional aspects of falls to help our Montreal patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not a surprise to you or Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic, 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 statistics alone are amazing. But what about some of the problems that will come with an aging population. One is fall risk. What adds to the risk of falls? Nutritional status is as it impacts frailty and sarcopenia (muscle weakness). One way to dropping the fall risk is to take care of malnutrition. (2) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic knows nutrition and understands Montreal fall risk.
WHO CAN DETERMINE FALL RISK?
In 2015, 31% of all U.S. family physician visits were for folks over 65 years of age. By 2030, there will be 72 million over-65-year-olds. These folks are living longer and living with all types of chronic issues and worrying about how to handle them in the healthcare system and how to pay for the healthcare they need. Sound familiar? Of course, Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic and you all know someone in this situation today. It is up to the doctors who see these patients to help them manage their healthcare issues. These doctors must be equipped to identify 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 checked to prevent falls? Family physicians are typically first line doctors for this task as they see so many patients. Your Montreal 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 lowered the risk of falls. (3) Bone health is so important! Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is well versed in nutrition and ready to assist our Montreal 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, Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to maintain a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
Schedule a Montreal chiropractic visit now. An evaluation of your risk of fall can be done as necessary. An individualized nutritional plan can be set up to enhance health and lower the risk of falling. The talk between your Montreal chiropractor and you at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic will begin with the easiest question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and go from there.
