Pflugerville Chiropractic Treatment Plan Incorporates Vitamin D

Is Vitamin D essential? It sure is! Many Pflugerville folks are deficient in vitamin D, as many as 80% or more in some areas in the world! Vitamin D impacts so many bodily functions, and your Pflugerville chiropractor takes care of so many of those bodily functions. Pflugerville Wellness Center encourages Pflugerville chiropractic patients to include vitamin D in their diet and supplementation plan to safeguard their health, enhance their health, and prevent issues that come with vitamin D deficiencies. Pflugerville chiropractic treatment plans are not just created for back pain relief but also wellness lifestyle.

THE IMPACT OF VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY

Vitamin D deficiencies may well lead to issues like weakened mineralization and even myopathy. Low levels of vitamin D result in reduced muscle strength, sarcopenia, functional limitation, disability as well as falls and physical function in older adults. Osteomalacia and rickets may also result from vitamin D deficiency. Despite blood and urine levels of calcium, using a form of vitamin D (edecalcitol) helps amplify bone mineral density and reduce the risk of vertebral fractures. (1)  88% of Indian women experience vitamin D deficiency which potentially increases the risk of development of osteoporosis and pregnancy-related complications in the future. (2) Children with scoliosis of mean age of 13.6 years before corrective spinal surgery are inclined to have have low vitamin D levels. (3) Pflugerville Wellness Center appreciates its role in helping Pflugerville back pain sufferers attain as functional a life as possible which may encompass instructing patients to boost their vitamin D levels.

PROTECT AND ENHANCE HEALTH WITH IMPROVED VITAMIN D LEVELS

Combining vitamin D and calcium with denosumab (a drug used for osteoporosis treatment) combated the reduction in calcium instigated by taking denosumab, stopped bone metabolism, and increased bone mineral density. (4) Vitamin D protects against vertebral fracture in addition to sarcopenia and cardiovascular decline and enhances muscle function and help bone.  (5) Osteoporotic vertebral fracture raises the risk of back pain, particularly in those who have higher pain intensity, angular instability, and past such fractures and less prone to exercising regularly.  (6) Pflugerville Wellness Center views these as good reasons to improve vitamin D levels as part of the nutritional plan!

Pflugerville Wellness Center cares for Pflugerville chiropractic patients with Cox Technic, the spinal manipulation part of the Pflugerville chiropractic treatment plan. Patients with osteoporosis value its gentleness.

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Listen to this PODCAST about how gentle Cox Technic relieves back pain for patients with conditions like spinal stenosis.

Schedule your next Pflugerville chiropractic visit at Pflugerville Wellness Center to individually explore your own significant vitamin D level and how to improve it and find out more about how chiropractic care can enhance your health, too.
 
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