St Peters Chiropractic Care Includes Fall Risk Assessment due to Malnutrition

Nutrition and fall risk. What’s the link? It makes sense when you think about it. Poor nutrition leads to muscle and weight loss. Old Mill Chiropractic thoroughly assesses our older St Peters chiropractic patients at risk for falls, paying special attention to their nutritional status. Old Mill Chiropractic cares 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 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) Checking BMI and nutritional status is relatively easy to perform. Old Mill Chiropractic does it to protect our St Peters chiropractic patients!

St Peters FALL RISK AND MALNUTRITION

Fall risk assessments have often disregarded nutritional status instead concentrating on issues like balance and fall risk-increasing drugs. Nutritional status is influential, too. Malnutrition prompts weight loss which leads to muscle weakness which leads to an increase in fall risk. It is truly a ripple effect! A recent study revealed 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 especially those with 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 already malnourished or at risk of malnourishment. Enhancing the nutritional status of those who experienced a fall improved their physical performance. (3) Old Mill Chiropractic understands nutrition and is prepared to help our at-risk patients enrich theirs!

CONTACT Old Mill Chiropractic

Schedule a St Peters chiropractic visit for you and/or your loved who is at risk for falls and/or malnutrition. Old Mill Chiropractic intends to keep our St Peters chiropractic patients safe from falls and malnutrition with sounds chiropractic care!