Cincinnati Chiropractor Advises: Get Your Balance Checked to Avoid Work Injuries
At my Cincinnati Chiropractic clinic I treat a lot of seniors who are challenged by balance problems. In fact, 9% of adults, aged 65 and older, have episodes of dizziness, “wooziness,” and other balance-related problems. Good balance is crucial, of course, in helping seniors in staying independent and to avoid falling down and incurring injuries that are frequently very serious or even fatal. But, did you know that falls are the cause of a large percentage of work injuries for workers under 65 years of age, including workers in their twenties and thirties? That’s right! No one is “invulnerable” to balance challenges, no matter what their age may be. In fact, those who work at “dangerous heights” like construction workers, roofers, oil platform employees, windows cleaners, or anywhere else where a ladder is involved are far more vulnerable to serious injury if their balance is “off.”
The chief action 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 helps us to walk without faltering, arise from a sitting position without tottering, and to climb stairs without missing a step. To sum it up, then, good balance is extremely important to our health and well-being.
What may be shocking to you is that you could have a balance abnormality without being aware of how significant it is. Sometimes a person may be able to “shake off” a dizzy feeling and the feeling may not come back for a while. The problem is that when precipitous dizziness happens at a decisive time, it is too late to shake it off and a fall is most likely inevitable.
When you have the feeling that you, individually, are spinning or that objects around you are moving, it is called “vertigo.” About forty percent of individuals in the U.S. will have at least one episode of dizziness that is serious enough to seek out help from a health professional, like your Chiropractor at Cincinnati Chiropractic . But, if you work at any of the jobs listed above, having a chiropractor check your balance before an episode of dizziness, make adjustments if necessary, and then aid you in maintaining good balance, may save you from serious injury or worse.
Balance disorders are dangerous at any age. It is essential for you to be examined and treated without delay if you believe that you may have a possible balance disorder. To help to make your decision easier 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?
As discussed above, 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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As a Dallas chiropractor and weight loss specialist, I know first hand that work injuries take a big toll on both employer and employee alike. In addition to falls and other balance problems, individuals who are overweight tend to suffer more work injuries due to their inability to function at their peak. Thanks for calling attention to work injuries.Weight Loss Dallas