Care for Bones, naturally

Osteoporosis is normal loss of bone in our menopausal years, it happens to everyone and produces no symptoms or warning signs until a fracture occurs. Most typical are fractures of the wrist, hip, and “crush” fractures of the spine, which produce deformity, loss of height, and severe curvature of the spine. Osteoporosis means “thinning bones” [...]

Exercise and osteoporosis

We all know exercise is good for us. We all try to get into it, especially in these, our menopausal years. One of the reasons we exercise is to prevent osteoporosis. We’re trying to increase our bone density. However, exercise doesn’t bring about substantial increases in bone density.

Osteoporosis

You keep hearing about osteoporosis, it’s a word that’s thrown around on plenty of advertisements, but what exactly is it?