Osteoporosis is very common in the world we live in today. About 54 million Americans are diagnosed with this disease. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that cutbacks bone mass. The bones become very brittle and frail and are unable to support your weight and usually fracture. The bones that are most likely to fracture are your hips, spine, wrist, shoulder and hip. The bones could become so weak that even if you were to cough or bend over they would fracture. As you grow your bones make new bone and get rid of old bone. When your body, at a young age, makes new bone faster than it breaks it down it increases the body mass enabling you to do normal activities, but with osteoporosis, the creation of new bone doesn’t keep up with the removal of
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In normal bones we have small holes throughout and are able to function properly, but in osteoporosis, the holes are very large leading to easily breakable bones. If you have a lot of bone mass at a young age, then you are more likely to not have osteoporosis. There are many leading causes of osteoporosis. Being at an older age can put you at risk because bones loose mass as you get older. Also another cause is inadequate physical activity. When you don’t continue to strengthen your bones it weakens them and eventually they become very porous and more vulnerable to fracture. Family history could be another risk factor; if someone in your family has had osteoporosis you are more prone to getting it. When sex hormones are decreased it can weaken the bone; as women age and go through menopause, their estrogen levels go down and increase your risk for osteoporosis. Also in men, as they get older their testosterone levels lessen and can also escalate to osteoporosis. Another reason could be low vitamin D and calcium intake; these two keep bones strong enough to live your daily …show more content…
Exercise helps make and maintain bone strength. Combining strength training, like lifting free weights, and weight bearing exercises, like walking and running, you can decrease the bone loss and decrease the chances of fracturing your bones. Working out for about 40-45 minutes and going at least 3 times a week can lessen your chances of even getting osteoporosis, but someone who already has osteoporosis it will benefit them by building your bone health. Making this part of your lifestyle is not just good for your bones but for your health
In normal bones we have small holes throughout and are able to function properly, but in osteoporosis, the holes are very large leading to easily breakable bones. If you have a lot of bone mass at a young age, then you are more likely to not have osteoporosis. There are many leading causes of osteoporosis. Being at an older age can put you at risk because bones loose mass as you get older. Also another cause is inadequate physical activity. When you don’t continue to strengthen your bones it weakens them and eventually they become very porous and more vulnerable to fracture. Family history could be another risk factor; if someone in your family has had osteoporosis you are more prone to getting it. When sex hormones are decreased it can weaken the bone; as women age and go through menopause, their estrogen levels go down and increase your risk for osteoporosis. Also in men, as they get older their testosterone levels lessen and can also escalate to osteoporosis. Another reason could be low vitamin D and calcium intake; these two keep bones strong enough to live your daily …show more content…
Exercise helps make and maintain bone strength. Combining strength training, like lifting free weights, and weight bearing exercises, like walking and running, you can decrease the bone loss and decrease the chances of fracturing your bones. Working out for about 40-45 minutes and going at least 3 times a week can lessen your chances of even getting osteoporosis, but someone who already has osteoporosis it will benefit them by building your bone health. Making this part of your lifestyle is not just good for your bones but for your health