Juneau Fall Prevention and Pain Relief with Chiropractic Care
Falls can happen at any age. Falls can cause great harm or little harm at all. Falling once certainly can raise the intensity of fear of falling again. All these bits of information point out that falls are am issue, an issue that is age blind. Aurora Chiropractic Center always inquires our Juneau chiropractic patients if they’ve fallen recently. Aurora Chiropractic Center is in favor of interventions like exercise that may reduce the fear of falls, the impact of falls and the incidence of falls. Plus, Aurora Chiropractic Center is really good at relieving Juneau back pain or neck pain that ensues.
OLDER FOLKS AND FALLS
Older folks live at home by themselves 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 cause a fall. For these older folks, the fear of falling is not uncommon. Researchers have put effort into research studies involving exercise interventions that reduce the fear of falling and the risk of falling. Such trials with community-dwelling older folks involved planned, structured, repetitive physical activity oriented to improving 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. A meta-analysis of exercise trials reported on non-statistically significant benefits but benefits nonetheless: an 11% reduction 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 implemented 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 methods. (2) They discovered that such practices worked, particularly right after the intervention. (3) Aurora Chiropractic Center would support our older Juneau patients’ continued exercising to prolong these fall-prevention and fall-fear-reducing advantages!
YOUNGER FOLKS AND FALLS
Younger folks can appreciate Juneau fall prevention strategies as falls may be just as detrimental to them. Falls and fall-related injuries threaten people at all ages. Falls at work and at home are an issue. 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 recovered physically and psychologically. They learned techniques in how to fall safely as well as how to avert falls. (4) Aurora Chiropractic Center supports exercise for all Juneau chiropractic family members, young and old, to keep strong and healthy in the face of challenges like falls. Aurora Chiropractic Center 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 due to a fall following The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Juneau chiropractic visit with Aurora Chiropractic Center to remove the fear of falling, the pain out of a fall, and the risk of a fall and reduce it with some guidance on strengthening exercise along with back pain-relieving chiropractic care.
