Monday, May 7, 2012

How to Overcome Osteoporosis

All people suffer at some point in our lives osteoporosis, because as you get older our bones lose density and strength and this can be a real danger when involved crashes or falls or when recovering from a fracture. The group most at risk are postmenopausal women so this theme are especially interested.

Osteoporosis, as the word itself suggests, is the greater porosity of the bones, making them more brittle and breakable when a coup. It's a disease we all suffer as they get older. However, the highest risk group is women after menopause.

Often osteoporosis is diagnosed after a fracture. The bones most likely to break due to this health problem are the hip, lumbar and thoracic vertebrae, wrist and shoulder. Besides the ease of other fractures due to osteoporosis is the decrease in size in old age.

As already explained, osteoporosis is a disease has no real cure and the best and most effective way to combat it is a good prevention.

To prevent it we must pay special attention to four key factors that will help keep bones healthy and strong in the future, even though we belong to that group of people most at risk:

  • Proper diet (READ MORE)
  • Healthy lifestyles (READ MORE)
  • Suitable exercise (READ MORE)

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