St Peters Handgrip Strength Tells A Lot about a Woman!
St Peters ladies, this one is for you (and those who love you!). Men and women have different issues to deal with when it comes to their bodies. Of course! Old Mill Chiropractic knows these differences when it comes to treating the spines and their various hurting states of our St Peters chiropractic male and female patients. Old Mill Chiropractic realizes the differences but highlights in this article an interesting discovery about women’s hand-grip strength - not just her grip on a purse either! - and health issues like St Peters back pain.
GRIP STRENGTH AND HEALTH
Old Mill Chiropractic is amazed at the connections researchers create! Researchers have described how grip strength is a sign of an assortment of health issues. One is anemia. Anemia affects 13.9% of elderly people. Hand-grip strength and anemia in women is inversely connected. Low hand-grip strength suggests anemia. (1) Another issue is that women with low hand-grip strength report poor quality of life as far as mobility, usual activities and pain/discomfort aspects. (2) A third hand-grip strength connection to health is its capacity to monitor cognitive decline in adults over 60 years old. Hand-grip strength declines; cognition decreases. (3) Old Mill Chiropractic notices these tests interesting for St Peters chiropractic patients and is very drawn to what hand-grip strength says about St Peters back pain!
GRIP STRENGTH AND BACK PAIN
Another connection is crafted among back pain, hand-grip strength and a woman’s physical activity level in an over-50-year-old woman. Researchers checked the hand-grip strength of women. Each hand was tested with a dynamometer tool. Low hand-grip strength was classified as low grip strength of the woman’s dominant hand. A highly physical woman was described as one who did muscle-strengthening exercise at least 3 days a week. Women who had low hand-grip strength and a low physical active level were more probable to have low back pain. (4) Old Mill Chiropractic does many tests as part of the St Peters chiropractic examination; now you know why! Old Mill Chiropractic doesn’t want to miss a thing!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Wanda Lopez on The Back Doctor’s Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about a woman with back pain she assisted with back pain relief and improved quality of life so she could once again walk in the park. What a joy!
