Juneau Chiropractic Care Includes Fall Risk Assessment due to Malnutrition
Nutrition and fall risk. What’s the connection? It makes sense when you think about it. Poor nutrition leads to muscle and weight loss. Aurora Chiropractic Center thoroughly checks our older Juneau chiropractic patients at risk for falls, especially their nutritional status. Aurora Chiropractic Center is concerned 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 adults who live in community settings. They found that malnourished patients and those at risk for malnourishment maintained a 45% higher risk of having at least 1 fall. (1) Verifying BMI and nutritional status is relatively easy to do. Aurora Chiropractic Center does it to safeguard our Juneau chiropractic patients!
Juneau FALL RISK AND MALNUTRITION
Fall risk assessments have often ignored nutritional status instead focusing 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 ripple effect! A recent study reported that malnutrition was significantly linked with high fall risk according to several prominent fall risk assessment tools (particularly 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 especially those who have a history of falling puts them at risk of inferior recovery from a fall. Almost a third of community-dwelling adults with a fall history were either currently malnourished or at risk of malnourishment. Enhancing the nutritional status of those who have fallen improved their physical performance. (3) Aurora Chiropractic Center knows nutrition and is prepared to help our at-risk patients correct theirs!
CONTACT Aurora Chiropractic Center
Schedule a Juneau chiropractic visit for you and/or your loved who is at risk for falls and/or malnutrition. Aurora Chiropractic Center intends to keep our Juneau chiropractic patients safe from falls and malnutrition with sounds chiropractic care!
