Montreal Fall Prevention and Pain Relief with Chiropractic Care
Falls can happen at any age. Falls can trigger great harm or not much harm at all. Falling once certainly can raise the level of fear of falling again. All these bits of information underscore that falls are a concern, a concern that is age blind. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic always questions our Montreal chiropractic patients if they have fallen recently. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic backs interventions like exercise that may reduce the fear of falls, the impact of falls and the incidence of falls. Plus, Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is really good at relieving Montreal back pain or neck pain that ensues.
OLDER FOLKS AND FALLS
Older folks live at home alone and with others or in community-based accommodations. Each scenario carries a risk of falling. Rugs, pets, misreading steps, or any number of things can result in a fall. For these older friends and neighbors and relatives, the fear of falling is usual. Researchers have done research studies involving exercise interventions that reduce the fear of falling as well as the risk of falling. Such trials with community-dwelling older persons involved planned, structured, repetitive physical activity oriented to enhancing strength, gait, balance and mood as well as decreasing falls. Some interventions tested are 3D,for example Tai Chi, Yoga, resistance training, and balance work. One meta-analysis of exercise trials reported on non-statistically significant benefits but benefits nonetheless: an 11% drop in people who fell, a 13% reduction in falls, a 19% decrease in injuries from falls. (1) Another study of people between 60 and 88 years old that used a judo inspired exercise program which taught them how to fall and how to prevent falls showed significant improvements in physical performance, fall-related self-efficacy and fall techniques. (2) They reported that such practices worked, particularly immediately following the intervention. (3) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic would encourage our older Montreal patients to keep exercising to prolong these fall-prevention and fall-fear-reducing benefits!
YOUNGER FOLKS AND FALLS
Younger folks can appreciate Montreal fall prevention strategies as falls can be just as detrimental to them. Falls and fall-related injuries put at risk people at all ages. Falls at work and at home are a problem. A workplace trial of 10 weeks for working age adults with a judo-inspired exercise program worked on improving physical function, activity, fall-related self-efficacy and safe-landing methods for a fall. Participants improved physically and psychologically. They learned techniques in how to fall safely as well as how to avert falls. (4) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic supports exercise for all Montreal chiropractic family members, young and old, to keep strong and healthy in the face of challenges like falls. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic helps alleviate fall-related back pain and neck pain, too.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes helping a patient recover from pain after a fall following The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Montreal chiropractic visit with Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic to remove the fear of falling, the pain out of a fall, and the risk of a fall and decrease it with some guidance on strengthening exercise in addition to back pain-relieving chiropractic care.
