You don’t have to be elderly to fall; sometimes gravity decides to trip you up and you take a tumble, but there’s no denying that the older you are, the more chance there is of a nasty trip or fall. The problems start when injuries are sustained from these falls, and the statistics show that falls account for a startling number of Accident & Emergency attendances, and that the possible fractures sustained during these falls can, at worst, be life-threatening.
You can’t totally rule out the possibility of falling over, sometimes these things just happen out of a chance occurrence, but there are a few risk factors that affect the elderly in particular, making them more likely to sustain a fall. The fear of actually falling can be a risk factor in itself, because it can lead to changes in behaviour, such as not going out, which in itself affects cognitive function and mobility. What do these lead to? The possibility of a fall!
Dizziness, medication side effects, mobility problems due to osteoporosis or arthritis, visual problems, postural hypotension, and balance problems, these are all risk factors and main causes for falls in the elderly, but what can we do to reduce these risk factors?
Sometimes medications are prescribed to treat the above conditions, but these can also have side effects such as dizziness, which can obviously lead to a fall. When combined with chiropractic, a safe, effective, and non-invasive treatment, it is possible that such medication could be reduced, after discussion with your healthcare professionals, which will reduce the risk factors for falls.
What is chiropractic?
The deep-seated belief of chiropractic is that misalignments in the spinal area can lead to disharmony in the body’s health and wellbeing, and that manual manipulation of the area by highly trained staff can restore harmony, correct some medical problems, and bring total body wellbeing to the individual. Of course, everyone is different, and this is where chiropractic comes into its own, because every person is treated on a one to one basis, taking their needs and circumstances into account.
Chiropractic has been shown to be highly effective in the treatment of pain from osteoporosis and arthritis, which obviously leads to stiffness of the joints. Chiropractic can free up this stiffness and in turn reduce pain, which rules out one risk factor for falls, knocking fear on the head.
This is one vicious circle that can be conquered.
We can’t totally get around the fact that falls are dangerous, in fact in the UK it has been shown that the injuries resulting from falls account for the most common cause of death in the elderly, but we can reduce that number by using chiropractic as a way to cut down those risk factors and restore total body health and wellbeing as far as possible.
If this sounds like something you’re interested in and would like to learn more, call the practice now on (03) 9381 1991 to arrange an appointment and discuss your personal circumstances and needs.
You can’t totally rule out the possibility of falling over, sometimes these things just happen out of a chance occurrence, but there are a few risk factors that affect the elderly in particular, making them more likely to sustain a fall. The fear of actually falling can be a risk factor in itself, because it can lead to changes in behaviour, such as not going out, which in itself affects cognitive function and mobility. What do these lead to? The possibility of a fall!
Dizziness, medication side effects, mobility problems due to osteoporosis or arthritis, visual problems, postural hypotension, and balance problems, these are all risk factors and main causes for falls in the elderly, but what can we do to reduce these risk factors?
Sometimes medications are prescribed to treat the above conditions, but these can also have side effects such as dizziness, which can obviously lead to a fall. When combined with chiropractic, a safe, effective, and non-invasive treatment, it is possible that such medication could be reduced, after discussion with your healthcare professionals, which will reduce the risk factors for falls.
What is chiropractic?
The deep-seated belief of chiropractic is that misalignments in the spinal area can lead to disharmony in the body’s health and wellbeing, and that manual manipulation of the area by highly trained staff can restore harmony, correct some medical problems, and bring total body wellbeing to the individual. Of course, everyone is different, and this is where chiropractic comes into its own, because every person is treated on a one to one basis, taking their needs and circumstances into account.
Chiropractic has been shown to be highly effective in the treatment of pain from osteoporosis and arthritis, which obviously leads to stiffness of the joints. Chiropractic can free up this stiffness and in turn reduce pain, which rules out one risk factor for falls, knocking fear on the head.
This is one vicious circle that can be conquered.
We can’t totally get around the fact that falls are dangerous, in fact in the UK it has been shown that the injuries resulting from falls account for the most common cause of death in the elderly, but we can reduce that number by using chiropractic as a way to cut down those risk factors and restore total body health and wellbeing as far as possible.
If this sounds like something you’re interested in and would like to learn more, call the practice now on (03) 9381 1991 to arrange an appointment and discuss your personal circumstances and needs.