Ashburn and Herndon Fall Prevention and Pain Relief with Chiropractic Care
Falls can occur at any age. Falls can cause much harm or not much harm at all. Falling once surely can increase the level of fear of falling again. All these bits of information highlight the fact that falls are a concern, a concern that is age blind. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn always inquires our Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patients if they’ve fallen recently. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn backs interventions like exercise that may reduce the fear of falls, the impact of falls and the incidence of falls. Plus, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is quite good at relieving Ashburn and Herndon back pain or neck pain that results.
OLDER FOLKS AND FALLS
Older folks reside at home by themselves 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 cause a fall. For these older folks, the fear of falling is usual. Researchers have done research studies involving exercise interventions that reduce the fear of falling and the risk of falling. Such trials with community-dwelling older folks incorporated planned, structured, repetitive physical activity geared toward improving strength, gait, balance and mood in addition to decreasing falls. Some interventions tested are three dimensional,for example Tai Chi, Yoga, resistance training, and balance work. A meta-analysis of exercise trials described non-statistically significant benefits but benefits even so: an 11% decrease in people who fell, a 13% reduction in falls, a 19% decrease in injuries from falls. (1) Another study of aged 60-88 year olds that used a judo inspired exercise program which taught them how to fall and how to prevent falls showed significant improvements in physical performance, fall-related self-efficacy and fall methods. (2) They found that such practices worked, particularly immediately following the intervention. (3) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn would encourage our older Ashburn and Herndon patients to keep exercising to prolong these fall-prevention and fall-fear-reducing advantages!
YOUNGER FOLKS AND FALLS
Younger folks can appreciate Ashburn and Herndon fall prevention strategies as falls may be detrimental to them, too. Falls and fall-related injuries threaten 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 set out to improve physical function, activity, fall-related self-efficacy and safe-landing skills for a fall. Participants improved physically and psychologically. They gained techniques in how to fall safely as well as how to stop falls. (4) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn supports exercise for all Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic family members, young and old, to keep strong and healthy in the face of challenges like falls. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn 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 due to a fall following The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic visit with Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn to remove the fear of falling, the pain out of a fall, and the chance of a fall and reduce it with some guidance on strengthening exercise as well as back pain-relieving chiropractic care.
