La Grande Chiropractic Patients At Risk of Falling May Find Help from Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation
“Have you fallen in the last year?”
That is the most suitable conversation starting question a healthcare person can ask a patient to establish fall risk. (1) From that answer, fall risk issues can be talked about and prevention tips can be communicated. Both physical issues of falls as well as nutritional issues are important. Your La Grande chiropractor is aware of fall risk in our La Grande chiropractic patient group. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC looks at the influential physical and nutritional aspects of falls to assist our La Grande patients.
THE FALL RISK ISSUE
Not a surprise to you or Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC, but the aging population is increasing. 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 think about some of the problems that will come with this aging group of people. One is fall risk. What contributes to the risk of falls? Nutritional status is as it impacts frailty and sarcopenia (muscle weakness). One approach to reducing the fall risk is to take care of malnutrition. (2) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows nutrition and understands La Grande fall risk.
WHO CAN DETERMINE FALL RISK?
In 2015, 31% of all U.S. family physician appointments were for adults over 65 years of age. By 2030, there will be 72 million over-65-year-olds. These adults are living longer and experiencing all sorts of chronic issues and worrying about how to handle them in the healthcare system and how to fund the healthcare they need. Sound familiar? Of course, Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC and you all know someone in this situation today. It is up to the doctors who see 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 addressed to prevent falls, but how can a doctor distinguish who needs their nutritional status checked to prevent falls? Family physicians are often first line doctors for this job as they see so many patients. Your La Grande 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! Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is well educated in nutrition and prepared to assist our La Grande chiropractic patients at risk of falling and/or who find themselves in a state of malnutrition that places them at risk of falling. Plus, Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC offers the gentlest of chiropractic manipulation care to keep a spine mobile and healthy as possible with Cox Technic!
CONTACT Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Schedule a La Grande 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 discussion between your La Grande chiropractor and you at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC will begin with the easiest question: “Have you fallen in the past year?” and build from there.
