May is Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month! 40 Patient Stories to Commemorate 40 Years We are excited to share that 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF)! Our mission has never been more critical given the fact that osteoporotic fractures are responsible for more hospitalizations than heart attacks, strokes,… Read more »
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Safe Movement
Keeping Your Balance Balance is very important for people with osteoporosis. Your eyes, ears, muscles and joints all play an important role in maintaining your balance and preventing broken bones. Medical conditions and medicines can also affect balance and your risk of falling. Letās take a look at these and see how you might be… Read more »
Be Bone Strongā¢ ā Strengthening
Osteoporosis Spine Strengthening Exercises Strengthening the muscles that hold the spine straight and upright is important. These muscles run up and down the back and sides of your spine. They are called your erector spinae muscles. If you have osteoporosis, you need to remember an important rule when exercising or going about your daily activities:Ā Do… Read more »
Be Bone Strongā¢ ā Weight Bearing
There are two types of osteoporosis exercises that are important for building and maintaining bone density: weight-bearing and muscle-strengthening exercises. Weight-bearing Exercises These exercises include activities that make you move against gravity while staying upright. Weight-bearing exercises can be high-impact or low-impact. High-impact weight-bearing exercises help build bones and keep them strong. If you have… Read more »
Recipes
Bone Healthy Recipes Diet and exercise play critical roles in building and maintaining good bone health for people at every life stage ā from infancy through adulthood. To help you work bone healthy ingredients into your meals, we partnered with some of Americaās best chefs to create osteoporosis food recipes that are good for your… Read more »
Peak Bone Mass
Facts about Bone Health in Children and Adolescents Prevention begins in childhood It is important to promote bone health at all ages Childhood and young adulthood are the bone building years As children grow, their bone mass increases until it reaches what is called peak bone massĀ (āPBMā) . PBMĀ is the greatest amount of… Read more »
BHOF Support Groups
Building Strength TogetherĀ® Find an Osteoporosis Support Group Support Groups are a great way to learn more about osteoporosis and how to live with the disease directly from those in similar situations. Use our directory below to find a Support Group in your area. If we donāt have a Support Group in your area and… Read more »
Fracture Liaison Service “FLS”
If you break a bone, it is very important that you get the right medical care, treatment and follow-up to make sure you donāt break any more bones. Your healthcare provider may refer you to a fracture liaison service or FLS program. An FLS program operates under the direction of your doctor and an FLS… Read more »
Overall Health
When you think about osteoporosis, you may think of the broken bones that can happen to people with this disease. Other images may include height loss and stooped or hunched posture. In addition to these more obvious aspects of osteoporosis, what many of us do not realize is that the disease can have a great… Read more »
Medicines for Prevention and Treatment
Although there is no cure for osteoporosis, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved medicines to prevent, slow, or stop its progress. Taking a prescribed osteoporosis medicine, along with getting enough calcium, vitamin D and regular exercise, can help reduce the risk of broken bones (also called fractures) due to osteoporosis. Special Note:… Read more »