West Des Moines Handgrip Strength Tells A Lot about a Woman!
West Des Moines ladies, this one’s for you (and those who love you!). Men and women have unlike issues to deal with when it involves their bodies. Of course! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is very familiar with these differences when it comes to treating the spines and their various injured states of our West Des Moines chiropractic male and female patients. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa realizes the differences but highlights in this article a fascinating finding about women’s hand-grip strength - not just her grip on a purse either! - and health issues including West Des Moines back pain.
GRIP STRENGTH AND HEALTH
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa admires the connections researchers make! Researchers have described how grip strength is a sign of an assortment of health issues. One is anemia. Anemia affects 13.9% of elderly people. Hand-grip strength and anemia in women is inversely connected. Low hand-grip strength suggests anemia. (1) Another matter is that women with low hand-grip strength experienced poor quality of life insofar as mobility, usual activities and pain/discomfort aspects. (2) A third hand-grip strength link to health is its capacity to monitor cognitive decline in adults over 60 years old. Hand-grip strength decreases; cognition declines. (3) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa notices these tests interesting for West Des Moines chiropractic patients and is quite drawn to what hand-grip strength reveals about West Des Moines back pain!
GRIP STRENGTH AND BACK PAIN
Another connection is formulated among back pain, hand-grip strength and a woman’s physical activity level in an over-50-year-old woman. Researchers checked the hand-grip strength of women. Each hand was tested with a dynamometer tool. Low hand-grip strength was classified as low grip strength of the woman’s dominant hand. A highly physical woman was described as one who performed muscle-strengthening exercise at least 3 days a week. Women who had low hand-grip strength and a low physical active level were more probable to have low back pain. (4) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa does many tests during the West Des Moines chiropractic examination; now you know why! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa doesn’t want to miss anything!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Wanda Lopez on The Back Doctor’s Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about a woman with back pain she assisted with back pain relief and better quality of life so she could return to walking in the park. What a joy!
