Oxford Fall Prevention and Pain Relief with Chiropractic Care
Falls can happen at any age. Falls can trigger much harm or little harm at all. Falling once certainly can raise the level of fear of falling again. All these bits of information indicate that falls are am issue, an issue that is age blind. Satterwhite Chiropractic always questions our Oxford chiropractic patients if they’ve fallen recently. Satterwhite Chiropractic is in favor of interventions like exercise that may decrease the fear of falls, the impact of falls and the incidence of falls. Plus, Satterwhite Chiropractic is quite good at relieving Oxford back pain or neck pain that results.
OLDER FOLKS AND FALLS
Older folks reside at home alone and with others or in community-based accommodations. Each scenario carries a risk of falling. Rugs, pets, misreading steps, or any number of things can result in a fall. For these older friends and neighbors and relatives, the fear of falling is not uncommon. Researchers have put effort into research studies looking at exercise interventions that decrease the fear of falling as well as the risk of falling. Such trials with community-dwelling older folks involved planned, structured, repetitive physical activity geared toward improving strength, gait, balance and mood in addition to decreasing falls. Some interventions tried are three dimensional like Tai Chi, Yoga, resistance training, and balance work. A meta-analysis of exercise trials presented non-statistically significant benefits but benefits nonetheless: an 11% reduction in people who fell, a 13% decrease in falls, a 19% reduction in injuries from falls. (1) Another study of people between 60 and 88 years old that used a judo inspired exercise program which taught the participants how to fall and how to prevent falls showed significant improvements in physical performance, fall-related self-efficacy and fall techniques. (2) They reported that such practices worked, particularly right after the intervention. (3) Satterwhite Chiropractic would support our older Oxford patients’ continued exercising to prolong these fall-prevention and fall-fear-reducing advantages!
YOUNGER FOLKS AND FALLS
Younger folks can appreciate Oxford fall prevention strategies as falls may be detrimental to them, too. Falls and fall-related injuries endanger people at all ages. Falls at work and at home are a problem. A workplace trial of 10 weeks for working age adults with a judo-inspired exercise program worked on improving physical function, activity, fall-related self-efficacy and safe-landing techniques for a fall. Participants recovered physically and psychologically. They gathered techniques in how to fall safely as well as how to stop falls. (4) Satterwhite Chiropractic supports exercise for all Oxford chiropractic family members, young and old, to keep strong and healthy in the face of challenges like falls. Satterwhite Chiropractic helps relieve fall-related back pain and neck pain, too.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes helping a patient recover from pain after a fall using The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Oxford chiropractic visit with Satterwhite Chiropractic to take the fear out of falling, the pain out of a fall, and the risk of a fall and reduce it with some advice on strengthening exercise in addition to back pain-relieving chiropractic care.
