Your Cincinnati Chiropractor Can Help You to Avoid Work Injuries Due to Falls
At my Cincinnati Chiropractic Clinic I treat many seniors who are affected by balance problems. In fact, dizziness, “wooziness,” and other balance-related conditions affect at least 9% of adults, aged 65 and over. Good balance is extremely important, of course, in assisting older adults to remain independent and in avoiding falls and incurring injuries that are commonly very serious or even fatal. But, you may be surprised to hear that falls are the cause of a large number of work-related injuries for adults under 65 years of age, including workers in their twenties and thirties. That’s right! No one is exempt from to balance problems, no matter what their age may be. That is why those who work in “high places” like construction workers, roofers, oil platform employees, windows cleaners, or anywhere else where a ladder is involved are in danger of serious injury if their balance is “off.”
The principal capacity of good balance is to aid us in managing and maintaining our body position, whether standing still or moving, and whether on the ground or high up on a platform. Good balance aids us in walking without faltering, arising from a sitting position without teeterin, and in climbing stairs without slipping. In other words, good balance is extremely important to our health and well-being.
What come as a surprise to you is that you could have a balance abnormality without being aware of how threatening it may be. Often times a person can “shake off” a dizzy sensation and it may not reoccur for a while. However when precipetous dizziness comes about at a consequential time, it is too late to shake it off and a fall is often inevitable.
When you have the feeling that you, yourself, are spinning or that objects around you are moving, it is called “vertigo.” Close to forty percent of individuals in the U.S. will have at least one incidence of dizziness that is acute enough to seek out a health professional, such as your Chiropractor in Cincinnati. But, if you are involved in any of the activities listed above, it is an excellent idea for you to see a chiropractor to have your balance checked prior to a sudden episode of dizziness, rather than as a response to such an episode. Why? Because as a chiropractor, I can not only check your balance, and make adjustments if needed, but can assist you in maintaining good balance in the future. And, naturally, having good balance will likely save you from serious injury or worse.
Balance disorders are dangerous at any age. If you think that you may have a possible balance disorder, it is extremely important for you to be diagnosed and treated without delay. Often guidelines are helpful. Therefore, if you can answer “yes” to any of the following questions, even if the experience is seldom or infrequent, you should discuss the symptom(s) with a chiropractor as soon as possible:
• Have you experienced a feeling of being “unsteady?”
• Has the room seemed to spin around you?
• Has there ever a time when you felt as if you were moving when you knew you were standing still?
• Have you lost your balance and/or fallen down?
• Have you ever felt as if you were falling?
• Has your vision ever become “blurred?”
• Have you ever felt disoriented, or lost a sense of time, place or identity?
It is important for you to remember that balance problems are not isolated to a particular age group. Our falling down is an ever-present possibility from the time we learn to walk until we take our final step All the more reason to have your balance checked if you work in a job that makes your falling down a “critical” issue. Don’t wait until it’s too late! If you’re in the area, give your Cincinnati Chiropractor a call today. I can help!
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