Fractures are enemies of Fort Wayne women and men.
They give rise to pain and long recoveries. Fort Wayne
postmenopausal women tend to be at greater
risk of fractures, especially those who have
vitamin deficiencies. Fort Wayne vitamin deficiencies are relatively
[simple|easy]6] to test for and tackled with Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc's help should testing divulge such deficiencies. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc directs
Fort Wayne chiropractic patients who want to check their
vitamin status with nutrition and address any deficiencies in order to lessen
fracture risk.
VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND FRACTURE RISK
The more the merrier? Not really
when it comes to several vitamin deficiencies! A new
study reported that the cumulative effect of vitamin deficiencies
raised the risk of incident fractures in
postmenopausal women. Vitamin D, vitamin K and vitamin B levels were taken
in women over 50 years old and tracked for 6.3 years
(plus or minus 5.1 years). 29.7% of these women had fractures
during this time. The number of deficiencies
(0/no deficiencies to 3/deficient in D, K and B) was significantly associated with fracture risk. (1) In light of this report, Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc notes the importance of
checking for vitamin deficiencies
and deal with them.
WHAT TO DO TO IMPROVE VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND AVOID
Fort Wayne FRACTURES
Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc notes that the risk of fragility
fractures is greater than the risk of breast cancer for postmenopausal
women. 33% are at risk. Luckily, Fort Wayne
fracture risk may well be curbed by healthy
lifestyle modifications like vitamin supplementation, weight-bearing
exercise, limited alcohol consumption and no smoking. Vitamin
supplementation incorporating at least 1000 mg/day of calcium,
800 IU/day of vitamin D, and 1 gram/kilogram of body weight of protein in women
over 50 is suggested. (2) Vitamin D plus calcium supplementation
reduces the risk of total fractures by 15% and hip fractures by
30%, specifically. (3) Oral vitamin K supplementation (phytonadione and menaquinone-4)
decreased bone loss. Menaquinone-4 demonstrated
the strongest effect on vertebral fracture reduction. (4) And while
vitamin B supplementation alone did not
show a significant effect on osteoporotic fracture
incidence in patients with cerebrovascular disease, it did reveal
a modest impact. (5) Patients with very high plasma homocysteine
levels and vascular disease appeared to benefit more from vitamin
B supplementation (folate, B6, and B12) to prevent osteoporotic fractures. Vitamin
B effectively modifies HCy levels thought
to have a role in osteoporotic fracture and bone turnover. (6) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc considers
all sorts of factors when guiding patients in
nutritional supplementation.
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Schedule a Fort Wayne chiropractic visit with
Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc to tackle any vitamin deficiencies and reduce
your Fort Wayne fracture risk!
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