Groton Chiropractic Care Includes Fall Risk Assessment due to Malnutrition
Fall risk and nutrional status. What is the connection? It makes sense when you think about it. Poor nutrition sparks muscle and weight loss. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office carefully assesses our older Groton chiropractic patients at risk for falls, especially their nutritional status. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is concerned about fall prevention!
NUTRITIONAL STATUS BEFORE FALLS
Researchers tried to define the association between nutritional status and body mass index (BMI) and fall risk and recurrent fall risk in older adults who reside in community settings. They discovered that malnourished patients and those at risk for malnourishment had a 45% higher risk of having at least one fall. (1) Confirming BMI and nutritional status is relatively simple to perform. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office does it to protect our Groton chiropractic patients!
Groton FALL RISK AND MALNUTRITION
Fall risk assessments have often disregarded nutritional status instead focusing on issues like balance and fall risk-increasing drugs. Nutritional status is influential, too. Malnutrition leads to weight loss which leads to muscle weakness which leads to an increase in fall risk. It’s truly a domino effect! A new study reported that malnutrition was significantly linked with high fall risk according to a few 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 who have a history of falling sets them up for higher risk of inferior recovery from a fall. Almost a third of community-dwelling adults with a history of falling were either currently malnourished or at risk of malnourishment. Enhancing the nutritional status of those who have fallen enhanced their physical performance. (3) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office knows nutrition and is prepared to assist our at-risk patients correct theirs!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Schedule a Groton chiropractic visit for you and/or your loved who is at risk for falls and/or malnutrition. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office strives to keep our Groton chiropractic patients protected from falls and malnutrition with sounds chiropractic care!
