Tonawanda Vitamin Deficiencies in Women Related to Fracture Risk
Fractures are enemies of Tonawanda women and men. They lead to pain and long recoveries. Tonawanda postmenopausal women tend to be at higher risk of fractures, particularly those who have vitamin deficiencies. Tonawanda vitamin deficiencies are relatively [simple|easy]6] to test for and addressed with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation's help should testing divulge such deficiencies. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation guides Tonawanda chiropractic patients who are ready to have their vitamin status evaluated and help them any deficiencies in order to diminish fracture risk.
VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND FRACTURE RISK
The more the merrier? Not really when it comes to several vitamin deficiencies! A new study described that the cumulative effect of vitamin deficiencies increased the risk of incident fractures in postmenopausal women. Vitamin D, vitamin K and vitamin B levels were measured in women over 50 years of age and tracked for 6.3 years (plus or minus 5.1 years). 29.7% of these women experienced fractures during this time. The total of deficiencies (0/no deficiencies to 3/deficient in D, K and B) was significantly related to fracture risk. (1) Regarding this report, Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation notes that it’s important to check for vitamin deficiencies and deal with them.
WHAT TO DO TO IMPROVE VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND AVOID Tonawanda FRACTURES
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation points out that the risk of fragility fractures is more than the risk of breast cancer for postmenopausal women. 33% are at risk. Fortunately, Tonawanda fracture risk can be limited by healthy lifestyle modifications like vitamin supplementation, weight-bearing exercise, limited alcohol consumption and not 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 recommended. (2) Vitamin D with 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) reduced bone loss. Menaquinone-4 showed the strongest effect on vertebral fracture reduction. (4) And while vitamin B supplementation alone did not demonstrate a significant impact on osteoporotic fracture incidence in patients with cerebrovascular disease, it did show 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) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation examines all sorts of factors when directing patients in nutritional supplementation.
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