Tag Archives: osteoporosis

Preventing Falls and Fractures

Once you reach your forties and fifties, your body’s bone production slows down. You may be starting to lose more bone than you are regrowing! If your bone density is decreasing, you are at risk for serious injuries from a simple fall. So what can you do to prevent falls and fractures? In the bathroom: use a rubber bath mat in the shower or tub. Install grab bars in the shower or tub to help you get in and out safely. Pick non-skid bath mats. Soak up extra water outside the tub or shower so you don’t slip. Around the … Continue reading →

Exercise For Your Bones

Regular exercise is important for preventing osteoporosis… and treating it! Exercise helps improve your bone health and slow bone loss. It also increases muscle strength and helps improve coordination and balance. Strong muscles and coordination can be critical in preventing a fall that could result in a serious fracture. Let’s face it — any exercise is good for your body. However, the best kind of exercise for your bones is weight bearing exercise. Anything that makes you work against gravity can be considered a weight bearing exercise; swimming would not be considered a weight bearing exercise. Just about everything else … Continue reading →

Preventing Osteoporosis

The best way to prevent osteoporosis is to build strong bones! It’s never too late to build strong bones; here are some things you can do to make sure your bones are strong throughout your life. Get enough calcium in your diet! Bones are made from calcium; you can’t help your body build strong bones if you don’t have the building blocks. Children under the age of 18 should get 1300 milligrams of calcium daily. People in their fifties and older should try to get 1200 milligrams of calcium daily. Between eighteen and fifty, you should try to get a … Continue reading →

Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis affects millions of people around the world — both men and women. Your body is constantly breaking down old bone and replacing it with new tissue. However, as you enter your forties and fifties, your body starts to slow down. More bone is broken down than is replaced. If you could look at the inside of your bones, you would see that they aren’t exactly solid. The tissue of your bones makes a sort of honeycomb shape — there are spaces in there! People with osteoporosis have much larger gaps in their bone tissue. The outer shell of the … Continue reading →

Marriage and Menopause

Menopause…The word itself sends shudders up and down the spines of women and men alike. Women because of the rumors and men because of the -well-rumors. Menopause is defined as the period in a woman’s life when her ovaries stop producing estrogen. As a woman’s body adapts to these changes, she finds herself facing potentially frightening symptoms such as heart palpitations and lack of concentration. Stereotypically characterized by hot flashes, irritability, and mood swings, menopause can be a trying time for a woman and her husband. The menopausal woman may experience a decreasing sex drive, emotional turmoil, and low self-esteem. … Continue reading →

Osteoporosis & Weight Loss

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Osteoporosis is a common disease that affects people as they age, particularly women. Osteoporosis causes bones to become porous and brittle – this can lead to difficulty healing from broken bones and other health conditions. More than 10 million Americans are affected by osteoporosis and most of these are women. As women, we have a more than 25% chance of developing osteoporosis as we age. We reach our peak bone mass when we are about 30 years old. That can be pretty intimidating when you consider that at 30, we have only lived about 1/3 of our expected lifespan. So … Continue reading →

Hip Health

Here’s a scary fact: According to a report from the International Osteoporosis Foundation, women who sit for more than nine hours a day are fifty percent more likely to break a hip than women who sit less than six hours a day. I don’t know about you, but I spend a LOT of time sitting in front of the computer; it’s one of the negatives about doing a lot of writing and research. Here’s how your hips work: the thighbone (AKA the femur) fits into a socket in your pelvis. It is the largest ball-and-socket joint in your body! Muscles … Continue reading →

Eating Fish and Menopause

For years, women around the world have been trying to find the answer to treating menopause symptoms. Although some women have had a good deal of success, we know that women living in Japan have about one-third fewer symptoms than women do in other countries. Researchers have been trying to figure out why for years and the one thing studies keep reporting to is a diet of fish. “Menopause” translates to the “end of menstruation”, a process that is a part of the normal aging process. While menopause can occur in the early 30s or late 50s, it is most … Continue reading →