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At my Cincinnati Chiropractic Clinic I treat many older adults who are affected by balance problems. In fact, dizziness, “wooziness,” and other balance-related conditions affect at least 9% of adults, aged 65 and older. Good balance is extremely important, of course, in aiding seniors to stay independent and to avoid falling down and sustaining injuries that are commonly extremely serious or even fatal. But, did you know that falls contribute to a large portion of work injuries for individuals under 65 years of age, including workers in their twenties and thirties? That’s right! No one is “invulnerable” to balance difficulties, no matter how young they may be. In fact, those who work in “high places” 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 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 staggering, arising from a sitting position without tottering, and in climbing stairs without missing a step. To sum it up, then, good balance is vital to our health and well-being.

What may be shocking to you is that you could have a balance abnormality without realizing how threatening it is. Sometimes someone is able to “shake off” a dizzy feeling and the feeling may not return for a while. However when sudden dizziness occurs at a critical moment, it is too late to shake it off and a fall is usually certain.

Vertigo is the medical name for the sensation that you, or things around you, are spinning. Nearly 40 percent of people in the U.S. will have at least one episode of dizziness that is serious enough to seek out a health professional, such as your Chiropractor at Cincinnati Chiropractic. That said, if you are involved in any of the activities listed above, having a chiropractor check your balance before an episode of dizziness, make corrections if necessary, and then aid you in maintaining good balance, may save you from serious injury or worse.

Balance disorders at any age are dangerous. It is crucial for you to be examined and treated without delay if you believe that you may have a possible balance disorder. 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?

As discussed above, balance problems are not isolated to a particular age group. From the time we learn to walk until we take our final step, our falling down is possible. If you work in a job that makes your falling down a “critical” event, you need to have your balance checked. Don’t wait until you sustain a work injury! If you’re in the Cincinnati area, give Cincinnati Chiropractic a call today!

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