CAN PATIENT WITH OSTEOPOROSIS UNDERGO CHIROPRACTIC CARE?
Osteoporosis is a bone-weakening disorder, It is a disease that weakens the bones by causing the bone to become fragile and easily breakable. Osteoporosis is not easily discovered on time except when the bone is fractured which can cause severe pain and can limit a person’s daily life activities. The part of the human most affected are the hips, wrists and spine, along with the pelvis and femur. This disease occurs in both men and women from fifty years and above but women are more prone to it, especially postmenopausal women.
Chiropractic treatment is a drug-free alternative that can help patients find relief from a variety of musculoskeletal issues while osteoporosis is one of the musculoskeletal conditions. Patients with osteoporosis suffer from pain in the spine, hip and other soft tissues. A chiropractor will help regulate the affected locomotor system thereby relieving the pain of the patient. A certified Chiropractor has the tools and skills necessary to discover the affected areas as well as optimize the individual’s musculoskeletal system and soft tissues that help patients find relief from a variety of musculoskeletal issues.
Here are some common treatment a chiropractor can administer on an Osteoporosis patient:
1. Spinal Manipulation:
A chiropractor will assess the record and Trait of an Osteoporosis patient before determining whether there is a condition that allows the use of spinal manipulation or to avoid it. This is because patients with osteoporosis are not supposed to have their spine manipulated . Osteoporosis patients have a fragile bone density which is not supposed to undergo spinal manipulation generally. Only patients with early cases of Osteoporosis can undergo spinal manipulation especially those with back pain, this treatment will help restore mobility.
2. Chiropractic Adjustments:
A chiropractic move the joints in very specific ways to adjust you and relieve your pain. When caring for patients with osteoporosis at Providence Chiropractic Clinic, we are always careful with their fragile spine, we treat them accordingly. We may have to avoid particular areas affected or make use of the activator adjusting instrument to provide a low force and accurate adjustment.
3. Therapeutic Exercises:
It is important to go through some therapeutic exercise as an Osteoporosis patient. Because of the different levels of osteoporosis and the threat of fracture. A chiropractor will help understand the different types of exercise suitable for a particular osteoporosis diagnosis. This exercise will help keep your muscle working, decrease the possibility of bone fracture and reduce the pain likely to occur.
4. Healthy Lifestyle:
A certified chiropractor helps advise osteoporosis patients on how to live their daily life in a healthy way without any complications. In order to keep protecting the bone from risk of fracture osteoporosis patients must be guided on the right medication to take as directed by the physician containing calcium, vitamin D and so on.
Eating healthy food with a balanced diet as well as fruit is beneficial to Osteoporosis patients. Also osteoporosis patients need to desist from some lifestyles such as smoking, drinking cause this may increase the risk of having the bone fracture. Proper rest and sleep help build the bone and slow down bone fracture .
5. Soft Tissues Massage Therapy:
Chiropractor soft tissues therapy helps loosen up rigid, stiffen locomotor joints. Soft Tissue therapy work together to treat and manage body component so that it can once again perform at best form. Soft tissue therapy is an important part of many recovery plans to increase the effectiveness of other therapies.This therapy helps relax tense muscles, and loosen tight joints for greater flexibility thereby making the body healthier and better able to cope with the challenges of osteoporosis.