Toronto 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 doctor can ask a patient to establish fall risk. (1) From that answer, fall risk issues can be discussed and prevention suggestions can be shared. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues play a role. Your Toronto chiropractor is aware of fall risk in our Toronto chiropractic patient population. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre considers the influencing physical and nutritional aspects of falls to assist our Toronto patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not surprising to you or Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre, 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 younger than 18! Those stats alone are amazing. But what about some of the issues that will come with an aging group of people. One is fall risk. What contributes to the risk of falls? Nutritional status is as it influences frailty and sarcopenia (muscle weakness). One approach to dropping the risk of falls is to address malnutrition. (2) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre knows nutrition and understands Toronto 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 experiencing 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, Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre and you all know someone in this situation today. It is 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 facing older adults. (1) Nutritional status must be tackled in order to prevent falls, but how can a doctor distinguish 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 Toronto chiropractor is also great at this!
WHAT KIND OF NUTRITION HELPS?
A evaluation of published research studies concerning 16,540 elderly people compared to 16,146 people in control groups discovered that supplementing with calcium plus vitamin D significantly reduced the risk of falls. (3) Bone health is so important! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is well versed in nutrition and ready to assist our Toronto chiropractic patients at risk of falling and/or who find themselves in a state of malnutrition that puts them at risk of falling. Plus, Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to maintain a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
Schedule a Toronto chiropractic visit now. An assessment of your risk of fall can be done as needed. An individualized nutritional plan can be made to improve health and lower the risk of falling. The talk between your Toronto chiropractor and you at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre will begin with the easiest question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and build from there.
