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Preventing falls
This is the time of year when seniors are most at risk of falls. Icy steps and sidewalks, slippery wet leaves, cold weather slowing reaction time and often poor light hiding treacherous outdoor conditions. So far we’ve been lucky in 2011, at least in the lower mainland, with relatively warm, albeit wet, weather and not to much of the dreaded ice about. But seniors 65 and older are the fastest growing segment of the Canadian population and the estimate is that around 1 in 3 will have at least 1 … Read the rest of this post
Posted in Avoiding Injury, Men's Health, Osteoporosis, Senior's Health
Tagged balance, exercise, fall prevention, fracture, FRAX, injury, osteopenia, Osteoporosis, senior, strength training
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Osteoporosis guidelines
Late in 2010 I came across an interesting article in the Canadian Medical Journal (CMA) in which new guidelines were outlined to help physicians deal with managing and preventing osteoporosis. According to the study’s lead author, Professor Alexandra Papaioannu, the goal is early identification of those most likely to develop full blown osteoporosis later in life. The approach recommended in the guidelines is quite different to that currently taken. Instead of relying on bone mineral density (BMD) testing -read more about BMD and testing here- http://www.west4thphysio.com/archives/530 , and then using … Read the rest of this post
Osteoporosis in men
The statistics are in and they aren’t pretty. The CMA (Canadian Medical Association) has updated it’s guidelines for helping physicians deal with osteoporosis and I’ll outline some of the changes of focus in both this and the next post. Today; the prevalence of osteoporosis in men. The stats say one in eight men over the age of 50 has the disease. Physicians and other health professionals know the numbers but apparently the general public doesn’t. There is still, it seems, a prevalent train of thought that osteoporosis is a bone … Read the rest of this post
Posted in Avoiding Injury, Osteoporosis, Senior's Health
Tagged calcium, exercise, fall prevention, fracture, injury, osteopenia, Osteoporosis, senior
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Fall Prevention
It’s possible to fall at any time of the year but here in Vancouver, December through to February are predictably the worst for falls and associated injuries. Often it is just soft tissue damage but every year in the clinic we will see those unlucky enough to have sustained a hip or shoulder/wrist fracture. Often surgery is required and is followed by a sometimes lengthy round of physiotherapy to enable a return to regular life. Of course anyone can fall but it is more common if balance reactions are diminished or strength is faltering, both conditions which tend … Read the rest of this post