Included below is a list of events happening across the country that may be of interest to osteoporosis patients, their family, care partners, healthcare providers and/or the general public.
Upcoming Events
One Minute Plank Challenge
Date/Time:Ā May 1-31, 2025 (ongoing)
Instructor: Jenny Rappole, JRAPPFIT Health & Wellness
Details: Challenge yourself to complete a one minute plank every day during May. Each day, you will receive a new one minute video with a fun plank variation that gets progressively more challenging during the month. One third of the proceeds from the plank challenge will be donated to the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation! Starting May 1, you will receive an email each day in May at 5:00am ET containing the link to the video containing the one minute plank variation for the day. Every day, after you do your one minute plank, add a comment to the YouTube video. Click here to sign up now.
Free On-Demand Video Series: The 3 Most Crucial Components of Exercise for Osteoporosis
Date/Time:Ā May 1-31, 2025 (ongoing)
Instructor: Kaari Prehab
Details: Better BMD requires very specific exercise stimulus, loading patterns, and progression over time. This free video series and mini-ebook teaches you evidence-based techniques that actually produce a better DXA scan. Register for lifetime access! Click here to sign up now.
Ask the Experts: Safe Exercise (Online – May 12-16)
Date: Monday, May 12āFriday, May 16, 2025
Time: Ongoing (online)
Hosts: BHOF and Inside; Teresa Maldonado Marchok, Physical Therapist and Founder of BoneSmart PilatesĀ®, and Beth Kaplanek, Pilates instructor and Practitioner of Pilates for Rehabilitation
Details: Teresa Maldonado Marchok and Beth Kaplanek are excited to join Inspire and BHOF with an “Ask the Expert” all about bone-safe exercise! Whether you’re managing osteoporosis, recovering from joint surgery, or looking to stay strong and active as you age, this is your chance to ask questions and get guidance from experts who blend science, movement, and decades of experience in Pilates and physical therapy. Click here to learn more and submit your questions between now and Friday, May 16, and they will share their expert advice throughout the week!
Posture Powerā¢ (Webinar)
Date/Time:Ā Thursday, May 22, 2025, 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Speaker: Peer Educator – Mary Beth Ray
Details: A program covering the importance of posture and body mechanics to prevent fractures, with quick techniques for safe movement. Postural changes affect our bones and body as we age. Knowing proper alignment and the correct type of exercises can improve posture and help reduce the risk of fractures. In addition, you’ll learn the right ways to do your everyday activities. So stand tall and get the most out of life! Click here to register now.
Freedom from Fracturesā¢ (Webinar)
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm ET
Speaker: Peer Educator – Suzanna Chan
Details: Strong bones are the foundation of good overall health, yet bone health issues often go undetected until an unexpected fall leads to a fracture. As we age, fractures can dramatically impact the quality of life, robbing older adults of their independence and leading to other serious health outcomes. You will understand your fracture risk and the next steps to take for better bone health! Click here to register now.
Be Bone Strong: Stepping Out Strongā¢ (Webinar)
Date/Time:Ā Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 1:00pm-2:00pm ET
Speaker: Peer Educator – Jaimie Colonna
Details: This is program is focused on fall prevention to keep people on their feet. Every 13 seconds, an older adult is seen in an emergency department for a fall, and falls are the leading cause of hip fractures. So, get your balance checked, and learn simple exercises you can do at home to improve balance, strength and flexibility! Click here to register now.
Beyond the Breakā¢ (Webinar)
Date/Time:Ā Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm ET
Speaker: Peer Educator – Kathlene Camp
Details: Having a broken bone is a sentinel event and it is critical to learn that it is an indicator that bones may be weak, and there is an increased risk of future broken bones. A low trauma incident could be a sign of osteoporosis, it is important to understand your personal bone health, both before and after a fracture to prevent another fracture. Beyond the Breakā¢ explains how to manage your risk to prevent more broken bones. Click here to register now.
Eating for Healthy Bonesā¢ (Webinar)
Date/Time:Ā Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Speaker: Peer Educator – Shelley Miller
Details: If your body is a castle, your bones are the foundation. To keep our bones strong and healthy for life, we need to feed them properly! Find out how by tuning in to Eating for Healthy Bones, a free live virtual event that will empower and enlighten you. Click here to register now.
Healthy Bones for Lifeā¢ (Webinar)
Date/Time:Ā Tuesday, August 12, 11:00am-12:00pm ET
Speaker: Peer Educator – Mary Beth Lemoine
Details: This webinar will share the basics of bone health and why it is important. You will learn bone development over the ages, understand what osteoporosis is, bone loss and fractures. Itās the perfect introduction to preventing bone loss, fracture prevention, bone-safe exercise, and bone-healthy nutrition. So, take steps to stay strong and independent for life! Click here to register now.
Posture Powerā¢ (Webinar)
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 11:00am-12:00pm ET
Speaker: Peer Educator – Teresa Marchok
Details: A program covering the importance of posture and body mechanics to prevent fractures, with quick techniques for safe movement. Postural changes affect our bones and body as we age. Knowing proper alignment and the correct type of exercises can improve posture and help reduce the risk of fractures. In addition, you’ll learn the right ways to do your everyday activities. So stand tall and get the most out of life! Click here to register now.
Why Healthy Bones Matterā¢ for People Living with HIVĀ (On-Demand Webinar)
Date/Time:Ā Ongoing ā this is an on-demand webinar
As people with HIV live longer than they have in previous decades, their fracture risk increases, as it does for all people. People living with HIV experience bone loss, weakened bones and broken bones more often than the general population. Their fracture rates, for example, are 2 to 4 times higher. As people live longer with HIV, these risks will increase with age, just as they do for all people. The Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) is committed to educating Americans living with HIV about how to protect their bones. We have created a 1-hour on-demand virtual program tailored to the needs of people living with HIV, as well as their families and caregivers.Ā Click hereĀ to learn more and register.
Past Events & Recordings
‘Ask the Expert’ Webinar on World Osteoporosis Day: Creating an Exercise Plan for Healthy BonesĀ
On World Osteoporosis Day,Ā October 20, at 12pm ET,Ā BHOF CEO Claire Gill interviewed exercise expert Amy Van Liew about the most frequently asked questions we receive on exercise for bone health. They discussed how exercise, physical activity and safe movement all play an important role in building and maintaining bone health throughout our lives.Ā Click hereĀ to view the webinar recording.
Understanding Osteoporosis Medications: Biologics & Biosimilars
BHOF Chief Medical Officer, Andrea Singer, MD, and Cate Lockhart, PharmD, PhD, and Executive Director of the Biologics and Biosimilars Collective Intelligence Consortium discussed osteoporosis medication and treatment options in this webinar. Learn about weighing the associated benefits and risks of medications and gain insight into speaking with your healthcare practitioner about treatment planning and osteoporosis management. The differences between biologics and biosimilars were also discussed. Click here to watch the recording today! Click here to download a helpful handout.Ā
Fall Prevention Webinar: Move Often, Move Safely, Stop Falls, Stop Fractures
The NYSOPEP Falls Prevention Webinar was held on September 16 and focused onĀ dizziness and vertigo, fall prevention strategies, physical activity needed to prevent falls, medications that increase the risk of falls, and what to do in the event of a fall. Recording coming soon!
Fall Prevention Webinar: Core Strengthening & Physical Therapy
This webinar focuses on how physical therapy and occupational therapy can help improve bone density and the role that strengthening your core, lower extremities and trunk can play in helping to prevent falls. Click here to view the recording. Download a copy of the slides here.
The Evolution of NOF
On World Osteoporosis Day 2021 NOF was renamed the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF).Ā For the past 18-months, NOF underwent a brand review process to determine how best to evolve, grow, and innovate to meet the needs of osteoporosis patients, caregivers, the general public, and healthcare providers. The results of our brand review were shared during this webinar. Speakers: Claire Gill, CEO; Robert F. Gagel, MD, Chairman, Board of Trustees; Kenneth W. Lyles, MD, President, Board of Trustees. Watch the recording today!
Whatās Cooking? Delicious Recipes that are Good for Bone Health
This cooking demonstration with Culinary Nutritionist Regina Ragone, MS, RD, CDN, features recipes from NOFās Healthy Bones, Build Them for LifeĀ® – The Food-for-Bones Cookbook. NOF worked with award-winning cookbook editors to create our first, full cookbook, published in 2018. At this fun, virtual event, Regina demonstrates how to make some of the delicious recipes from the cookbook. And she provides some insider tips and tricks she learned during her more than two decades leading test kitchens as some of the most important names in magazines, including Weight Watchers, Prevention and Family Circle. Watch the recording today!
Bone Chats
BHOF Bone Chats focus on topics of importance to the bone health community!Ā If you missed any of the previous live sessions, you can view the recordings by clicking on the links below.
Generations of Strength: Bone Health and Osteoporosis in Families
Cancer and Bone Loss
Bone Density Tests and Beyond
BHOF Support Groups: Meeting Needs in Communities
Be Bone Strong: Running for Bone Health
Public Policy and Bone Health
Men and Osteoporosis: What You Need to Know
Staying Strong, Vibrant and Full of Energy
After Age 50
In this fun, informational conversation, Debra Atkinson, founder of Flipping50, busts the myth about the slowing of your metabolism at menopause and beyond. Debra has been speaking on fitness and life-enhancing topics for more than 30 years. She is a Certified CoachU Graduate, coaching clients in the areas of wellness, personal training and more. She is also an author and six-time Ironman finisher. Debra earned both her B.S. and M.S. in Exercise Science and Exercise and Sports Psychology, respectively, from Iowa State University. She is certified by the American Council on Exercise, the National Strength and Conditioning Association as she has presented at numerous national and international conferences and events. Debra shares with us her philosophy on how we can do safe, sane and simple exercise programs at home that can help us reach our health and fitness goals at midlife and beyond! Watch the recording today!
The Economic Impact of Osteoporotic Fractures
Fall 2019, NOF released a report from the actuarial firm, Milliman, on the economic burden of osteoporosis fractures based on Medicare data. During Mayās National Osteoporosis Month, NOFās Interim CEO, Claire Gill, and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Andrea Singer, will share highlights from the report and discuss the policy agenda NOF has created based on the report findings. To view the slides, click here.To view the full recording, click here.
The Impact of Osteoporosis and Fractures on the African American Community
NOF and the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging hosted a webinar for patients and caregivers to discuss the risk of bone loss and osteoporosis in the Black and African American community. Our panel of experts shared information about the basics of bone health and fractures, the impact of osteoporotic fractures in the Black and African American community and practical steps people can take to protect their bone health as part of healthy aging. Click here to download the presentation. Click here to download the infographic.
Osteoporosis and Bone Health Town Hall Webinar
Ten million Americans over the age of 50 suffer from osteoporosis and millions more are at increased risk of having a debilitating or even deadly fracture. Two million broken bones are caused each year by osteoporosis. The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) offered a widely attended webinar to Members of Congress, Congressional Staff, industry and more on what you need to know about Osteoporosis and Bone Health ā Its Impact on Your Constituents, the Healthcare System and the Economy. Watch the recording here!
Update on the Treatment of Osteoporosis and Spine Fractures Webinar
This 1-hour webinar will provide updated information on the osteoporosis treatment plan, including efficacy of pharmacologic therapies, diet, and exercise and lifestyle changes to improve bone health in individuals with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture. Also included will be information on the surgical and non-surgical management of acute spinal fractures. Watch the recording today!
Protecting Your Fragile Spine During the Coronavirus Pandemic
NOF recently hosted a webinarĀ focused on what patients/caregivers need to know to prevent spine fractures, tips on how to manage safe movement and exercise at home to avoid crowded areas that cause a higher risk for contracting COVID-19. Click here to view the webinar recording. Click here to download the PDF slides.
How To Exercise Safely With Bone Loss
This 1-hour webinar includes NOF online community volunteer moderator, Susie Hathaway speaking about exercising safely with bone loss. Susie will review the basics of safe movement, describe why exercise is important for those with bone loss and offer exercise examples you can use to start a safe exercise routine. Watch the recording today!
What You Need to Know about Spine Fractures if You Have Osteoporosis Webinar
This 1-hour webinar will explain why people with osteoporosis are at risk for spine fractures. The anatomy of the spine will be reviewed, kyphosis will be discussed, the importance of height measurements and signs and symptoms to report to medical professionals will be discussed. A SpineFacts wellness message will be provided at the end. Watch the recording today!
Answers to Your Most Frequently Asked Questions about Osteoporosis and Nutrition
Many people are confused by all of the recommendations and guidelines about nutrition and bone health. For example, are calcium and vitamin D safe? What foods or supplements disrupt calcium absorption? At NOF, we hear from patients and healthcare professionals about what the latest evidence shows and what it means so we have provided a one hour webinar to answer those questions.Ā Watch the recording today!
Preventing and Managing Physical TherapyĀ
Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to become less dense and weaken. In our presentation, Dr. Garry Kushnir, PT, DPT of NY Physical Therapy & Wellness will discuss some possible causes of osteoporosis, various treatment options, how physical therapy can help improve bone density and the role that strengthening your core, lower extremities and trunk can play in helping to prevent and treat osteoporosis. While osteoporosis can potentially harm any of our bodyās bones, we will focus on the spine and prevention of posture loss. Watch the recording today!
Exercise and Nutrition for Good Bone Health
To commemorate World Osteoporosis Day 2020, the New York State Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program, in collaboration with NOF, teamed up to conduct a webinar for patients and caregivers. The webinar focused on important exercise and nutrition information for good bone health. It is a must-see for everyone interested in learning more about this debilitating disease, which is preventable and treatable. Watch the recording today!
Important Nutrients for Bone Health Webinar
This 1-hour webinar is about the importance of nutrition to building and maintaining strong bones. This webinar is designed to provide a broad overview of nutrition as it relates to bone health.Ā The intent is to ground the participant in the basic biology and physiology of bone cells and the key role nutrition plays in building and maintaining strong bones throughout the lifespan. Watch the recording here!
Osteoporosis and Town Hall WebinarĀ
This 1-hour town hall webinar, held in December 2018, was for Members of Congress, Congressional Staff, industry and more on what you need to know about Osteoporosis and Bone Health ā Its Impact on YourĀ Constituents, the Healthcare System and the Economy. Speakers included NOFās Chief Medical Officer and Osteoporosis expert, Dr. Andrea Singer, and NOF National Bone Health Policy Institute advisor, Peter Reinecke. Watch the recording here!Ā Thank you to our sponsors, Amgen and PhRMA for supporting our educational webinar.
When to Get a Bone Density Test (DXA) and How to Interpret the Results
This 1-hour webinar will provide participants with an understanding of when they should ask their doctor for a bone density test and how to interpret their test results to determine what next steps are needed. It will also provide personal advice from two patients on how to stay active and healthy after being diagnosed with osteoporosis or low bone mass and aims to help new online community members understand how to best navigate the community to find helpful advice and support from their peers. Watch the recording today!
Safe Movement Techniques to Prevent Spine Fractures Webinar
This 1-hour webinar will explain how certain movements may harm the spine in a person with osteoporosis or low bone density in the spine. Spinal anatomy will be reviewed and spine-saving movement principles will be shared. A SpineFacts wellness message will be provided at the end. Watch the recording today!