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Fall Prevention Strategy For Your Patients

ChiroUp

Testing The Anterior Fall Envelope for Balance While standing upright with your arms at your sides, gradually lean forward as far as possible while keeping your hips and spine straight. Measure the final degree of forward lean from a neutral standing posture. Am J Public Health 1992;82:1020–3. Mickle, K, et al., 2009;24:787-791.

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Strategies to improve balance and support healthy aging in your patients

Chiropractic Economics

These challenges provide opportunities to develop strategies for helping these people age healthier and safer.The National Institutes of Health reports that those 65 and older will soon outnumber children under age 5. Assessment is where strategies to improve balance, posture, and functional movement are born.

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Osteoporosis: The unseen problem of fragile bones

Musculoskeletal Australia

to treat rheumatoid arthritis or asthma), some chemotherapy drugs, epilepsy drugs, and proton pump inhibitors Other health conditions including rheumatoid arthritis , coeliac disease , inflammatory bowel diseases , and diabetes. This can cause pain from a fracture – for example, breaking the wrist or hip after a fall.

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