11/14/2024

Eight Things to do for Your Bones Every Day

Consider this advice from orthopedic doctors

Orthopedic doctors have a bone to pick with all the people who forget they’re carrying a very important skeleton around every day. We might not be able to see our ribs or tailbone or humerus, but it’s still important to make bone health a priority—because it’s tied to every other aspect of well-being.

"Your bone health and joint health is really tied to your overall wellness and health," said Dr. David Shau, an orthopedic surgeon and assistant professor at the Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University. Consider, for example, that about 54 million Americans have osteoporosis, low bone mass or both, and two million osteoporotic fractures occur annually. That number will exceed 3 million per year by 2040, researchers predict. "When that happens, you have a period of time where you have to heal and recover," Shau said. "You can't be active with your family. You can't travel. You can't exercise, so your cardiovascular health goes down, and you start seeing metabolic issues and other health issues.”

It's a potentially devastating chain of events, he says, that can spell trouble far into the future.

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