Minster Chiropractic Care Includes Fall Risk Assessment due to Malnutrition
Fall risk and nutrional status. What is the link? It’s pretty simple when you think about it. Poor nutrition sparks muscle and weight loss. Minster Chiropractic Center carefully checks our older Minster chiropractic patients at risk for falls, especially their nutritional status. Minster Chiropractic Center cares about fall prevention!
NUTRITIONAL STATUS BEFORE FALLS
Researchers tried to define the relationship between nutritional status and body mass index (BMI) and fall risk and recurrent fall risk in older people who live in community settings. They found that malnourished patients and those at risk for malnourishment had a 45% higher risk of experiencing at least 1 fall. (1) Confirming BMI and nutritional status is pretty simple to perform. Minster Chiropractic Center does it to protect our Minster chiropractic patients!
Minster 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 prompts weight loss which prompts muscle weakness which leads to an increase in fall risk. It’s truly a ripple effect! A recent study documented that malnutrition was significantly linked with high fall risk according to several leading fall risk assessment tools (especially 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 notably in those with 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 experienced a fall increased their physical performance. (3) Minster Chiropractic Center knows nutrition and is ready to help our at-risk patients enrich theirs!
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Schedule a Minster chiropractic visit for you and/or your loved who is at risk for falls and/or malnutrition. Minster Chiropractic Center strives to keep our Minster chiropractic patients safe from falls and malnutrition with sounds chiropractic care!
