Treating and preventing osteoporosis
Treating osteoporosis:
A comprehensive treatment programme includes a focus on:
Prevention: Proper nutrition, exercise and safety issues to prevent falls that may result in fractures. Some tips:
Outdoors: Elderly people with osteoporosis must use a cane or a walker for added stability, wear rubber-soled shoes for traction, be careful on polished floors that are slick and dangerous when wet.
Indoors: Keep rooms especially floors, free of clutter, install grab bars on bathroom walls near the tub, shower and toilet, place a rubber bathmat near the shower or tub, keep a flashlight with fresh batteries beside your bed.
Medication: This includes calcium, Vitamin D supplements, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Bisphosphanates, Raloxifene and medicines like Calcitonin, which your doctor may prescribe to slow or stop bone loss, increase density, and reduce fracture risk.
Is osteoporosis in your genes?
This is a commonly asked question. A daughter of a woman suffering from osteoporosis is probably at a higher risk of developing this debilitating disease at a later stage of her life.
It is now well documented that not only can osteoporosis be prevented; it can also be effectively treated. Today’s young generation is either glued to the television or computer screen, with hardly any physical exercise in their daily routine. Today, many young girls starve to remain slim. This leads to a nutritional imbalance in the body.
Remember bones are like calcium banks. In your growing stage, you can deposit as much calcium as you want in this bank. By the age of twenty-five, you develop peak bone density mass which, ultimately, decides your future chances of developing osteoporosis.
If your calcium reserves are good, you are less likely to go bankrupt by the time you reach menopausal age.
Preventing osteoporosis:
Nutrition: you need calcium and Vitamin D for strong bones as well as for the heart, muscles and nerves to function properly. Green leafy vegetables, like methi (fenugreek) and palak (spinach), not only provide calcium, they also are rich in Vitamin K. Milk and milk products are also a good source of calcium.
Exercise: This is an important component in preventing and treating osteoporosis. It not only improves your bone health, it also increases your muscle strength, coordination and balance.
Anti-gravity exercise like climbing stairs, are very good options. The best way to keep your bones strong is through weight-bearing exercises. Lawn tennis, badminton, light impact aerobic exercise on wooden flooring, brisk walking and lifting weights under supervision are some routines young girls can opt for to increase their peak bone density mass. Swimming does not help as much, since it requires you to float in the water. Hence it is not a weight-bearing exercise.
Also exposing yourself to the early morning sunlight for twenty or thirty minutes is considered to be natural source of Vitamin D.
Abstain and avoid the use certain medications such as glucocorticoids or some anti-convulsants. Avoid an inactive lifestyle or extended bed rest. Avoid smoking and tobacco chewing. A diet low in calcium and Vitamin D. Avoid excessive use of alcohol.
A comprehensive treatment programme includes a focus on:
Prevention: Proper nutrition, exercise and safety issues to prevent falls that may result in fractures. Some tips:
Outdoors: Elderly people with osteoporosis must use a cane or a walker for added stability, wear rubber-soled shoes for traction, be careful on polished floors that are slick and dangerous when wet.
Indoors: Keep rooms especially floors, free of clutter, install grab bars on bathroom walls near the tub, shower and toilet, place a rubber bathmat near the shower or tub, keep a flashlight with fresh batteries beside your bed.
Medication: This includes calcium, Vitamin D supplements, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Bisphosphanates, Raloxifene and medicines like Calcitonin, which your doctor may prescribe to slow or stop bone loss, increase density, and reduce fracture risk.
Is osteoporosis in your genes?
This is a commonly asked question. A daughter of a woman suffering from osteoporosis is probably at a higher risk of developing this debilitating disease at a later stage of her life.
It is now well documented that not only can osteoporosis be prevented; it can also be effectively treated. Today’s young generation is either glued to the television or computer screen, with hardly any physical exercise in their daily routine. Today, many young girls starve to remain slim. This leads to a nutritional imbalance in the body.
Remember bones are like calcium banks. In your growing stage, you can deposit as much calcium as you want in this bank. By the age of twenty-five, you develop peak bone density mass which, ultimately, decides your future chances of developing osteoporosis.
If your calcium reserves are good, you are less likely to go bankrupt by the time you reach menopausal age.
Preventing osteoporosis:
Nutrition: you need calcium and Vitamin D for strong bones as well as for the heart, muscles and nerves to function properly. Green leafy vegetables, like methi (fenugreek) and palak (spinach), not only provide calcium, they also are rich in Vitamin K. Milk and milk products are also a good source of calcium.
Exercise: This is an important component in preventing and treating osteoporosis. It not only improves your bone health, it also increases your muscle strength, coordination and balance.
Anti-gravity exercise like climbing stairs, are very good options. The best way to keep your bones strong is through weight-bearing exercises. Lawn tennis, badminton, light impact aerobic exercise on wooden flooring, brisk walking and lifting weights under supervision are some routines young girls can opt for to increase their peak bone density mass. Swimming does not help as much, since it requires you to float in the water. Hence it is not a weight-bearing exercise.
Also exposing yourself to the early morning sunlight for twenty or thirty minutes is considered to be natural source of Vitamin D.
Abstain and avoid the use certain medications such as glucocorticoids or some anti-convulsants. Avoid an inactive lifestyle or extended bed rest. Avoid smoking and tobacco chewing. A diet low in calcium and Vitamin D. Avoid excessive use of alcohol.
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