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Osteoporosis – It’s Personal 

Osteoporosis – It’s Personal 

My grandmother was a tall strong farm women who I greatly admired.  Yet as she aged, around the time of my grade school years, she began to shrink.  By the time college came around she was stooped over and had lost over 8 inches in height – from a tall (for her generation) 5 foot 9 to barely 5 feet tall.  Her clothes fit oddly due to the large hump in her back.  She had an official diagnosis of osteoporosis. 

There are plenty of concerning statistics on the prevalence of bone loss in our population.  Here are a few: 

Bone Health - Be Too Fit to Fall or Fracture

Bone Health - Be Too Fit to Fall or Fracture

One in two women and one in four men will break a bone in their lifetime due to osteoporosis.

  • In the US, osteoporosis affects over 10 million adults

  • Osteoporosis has a yearly societal cost of over 22 billion (and that is from 2002)

  • Currently, osteoporosis is underdiagnosed AND undertreated

Staggering statistics, numbers to some, but to those of us who have a family history of brittle bones and have lost height – its personal.

Is there hope? YES! Here are some simple things you can do to start improving your bone health TODAY.