Rebounding your Way to Stronger Bones!
April 26, 2009 by Information On Osteoporosis
Filed under Bone Health
We need to understand that our bone is not just a hard and lifeless structure. In fact, it is a very complicate living tissue. Our bones provide structural support for our muscles, protect our vital organs, and store the calcium essential for bone density and strength necessary for our daily activities and survival.
As the bones are constantly changing, they can heal by themselves and could even be affected by factors such as diet, nutrition and exercise. According to the growth and development, it is only till the age of around 30 where our body builds and store bone efficiently.
Following which, as part of the natural aging process, our bones start to break down at a much faster rate then new bone can be formed. Bone loss accelerates even faster after menopause in particularly for women, since the ovaries stop producing estrogen, which is the hormone that protects against bone loss.
If we imagine our bones as a savings account without interest of course, we can only have as much bone mass in our account as we deposit through our growth and development stage. The crucial year for developing bone mass is before adolescence to around age 30. It is believed that women in their teens can increment their bone mass by as much as 20 percent with proper nutrition and exercise, where this is a critical factor in preventing against osteoporosis in their later stage in life.
Osteoporosis is the medical term which is used to describe bones with lots of big holes. Osteo refer to bone, while porosis refers to containing pores. It is known that all human bones do contain holes and osteoporosis refer to having more and bigger holes or pores than what is desired. It is the thinning of the bones with reduction in bone mass due to depletion of calcium and bone protein.
According to National Osteoporosis Foundation (www.nof.org), in the United States, 8 million women and 2 million men have osteoporosis. An additional 34 million Americans currently have low bone mass. It is also estimated that about half of women and one-fourth of men aged 50 and above will suffer osteoporosis-related fracture within their lifetime.
Osteoporosis is also responsible for about 2 million fractures (broken bones) each year in men and women above 50 years old. The most common locations where fractures occur are the hip, vertebral, and wrist, where they often require hospitalization and major surgery. They may also lead to other serious consequences, including permanent disability and death.
This condition is found most prevalently in astronauts, senior citizens and those who are bedridden. The reason is due to the fact that bones become stronger under stress and lose its strength when there is no stress. The main form of stress which our body is acting under is Gravity, which is the natural opposition of reaction force that helps to keep our bone strong and healthy.
Almost all forms of exercises will help to strengthen the bone under normal healthy body conditions. However, when one is found to be suffering from osteoporosis, it is advisable to exercise under caution to minimize any instantaneous trauma and impact on the weight bearing joints.
Weight bearing exercises refer to those which force your body to work against gravity and add stress to your body and bones. Recommended forms of exercises by the National Osteoporosis Foundation include Taichi, walking, jogging; weight training and rebounding exercise are very beneficial to bone strengthening. When one is at risk or already having osteoporosis, besides taking medication, the doctor will most likely include exercises as part of the overall treatment program.
The next question comes to deciding which form of exercises is most beneficial. As mentioned in the earlier paragraph, walking, jogging and running is all very good form of weight bearing exercises, provided proper posture alignment is adopted and habitualised. When running with poor body posture and technique, it can add unnecessary stress to the joints, especially on the knee, which is undesirable.
Rebounding exercise using the trampoline offers a more convenient form of weight bearing exercises with the major advantage of its low impact level to the different body joints.
Exercises alone cannot help in preventing or cure osteoporosis, but rebounding exercises or other form of weight bearing exercises together with proper nutrition and medication as prescribed by the doctor is essentially important for maintaining osteoporosis. However, like in all form of exercises, it has to be done on a regular basis to be of positive value.
Rebounding exercises have been know to exhibit the following benefits
* Develop bone to become more mineralized, denser and stronger
* Develop balance and core stability
* Develop good posture and alignment
* Improves cardiovascular fitness
* Improves body coordination
* Improve bone mass & strength
* Strengthen muscles, especially in the lower leg & pelvic
* Protects the joints from chronic fatigue and impact delivered by exercising on hard surface
* Maintain homeostasis
* Increase lymphatic system circulation
Thanks to Yip See Kit for contributing this article to our Osteoporosis blog:
As the bones are constantly changing, they can heal by themselves and could even be affected by factors such as diet, nutrition and exercise. According to the growth and development, it is only till the age of around 30 where our body builds and store bone efficiently.
Following which, as part of the natural aging process, our bones start to break down at a much faster rate then new bone can be formed. Bone loss accelerates even faster after menopause in particularly for women, since the ovaries stop producing estrogen, which is the hormone that protects against bone loss.
If we imagine our bones as a savings account without interest of course, we can only have as much bone mass in our account as we deposit through our growth and development stage. The crucial year for developing bone mass is before adolescence to around age 30. It is believed that women in their teens can increment their bone mass by as much as 20 percent with proper nutrition and exercise, where this is a critical factor in preventing against osteoporosis in their later stage in life.
Osteoporosis is the medical term which is used to describe bones with lots of big holes. Osteo refer to bone, while porosis refers to containing pores. It is known that all human bones do contain holes and osteoporosis refer to having more and bigger holes or pores than what is desired. It is the thinning of the bones with reduction in bone mass due to depletion of calcium and bone protein.
According to National Osteoporosis Foundation (www.nof.org), in the United States, 8 million women and 2 million men have osteoporosis. An additional 34 million Americans currently have low bone mass. It is also estimated that about half of women and one-fourth of men aged 50 and above will suffer osteoporosis-related fracture within their lifetime.
Osteoporosis is also responsible for about 2 million fractures (broken bones) each year in men and women above 50 years old. The most common locations where fractures occur are the hip, vertebral, and wrist, where they often require hospitalization and major surgery. They may also lead to other serious consequences, including permanent disability and death.
This condition is found most prevalently in astronauts, senior citizens and those who are bedridden. The reason is due to the fact that bones become stronger under stress and lose its strength when there is no stress. The main form of stress which our body is acting under is Gravity, which is the natural opposition of reaction force that helps to keep our bone strong and healthy.
Almost all forms of exercises will help to strengthen the bone under normal healthy body conditions. However, when one is found to be suffering from osteoporosis, it is advisable to exercise under caution to minimize any instantaneous trauma and impact on the weight bearing joints.
Weight bearing exercises refer to those which force your body to work against gravity and add stress to your body and bones. Recommended forms of exercises by the National Osteoporosis Foundation include Taichi, walking, jogging; weight training and rebounding exercise are very beneficial to bone strengthening. When one is at risk or already having osteoporosis, besides taking medication, the doctor will most likely include exercises as part of the overall treatment program.
The next question comes to deciding which form of exercises is most beneficial. As mentioned in the earlier paragraph, walking, jogging and running is all very good form of weight bearing exercises, provided proper posture alignment is adopted and habitualised. When running with poor body posture and technique, it can add unnecessary stress to the joints, especially on the knee, which is undesirable.
Rebounding exercise using the trampoline offers a more convenient form of weight bearing exercises with the major advantage of its low impact level to the different body joints.
Exercises alone cannot help in preventing or cure osteoporosis, but rebounding exercises or other form of weight bearing exercises together with proper nutrition and medication as prescribed by the doctor is essentially important for maintaining osteoporosis. However, like in all form of exercises, it has to be done on a regular basis to be of positive value.
Rebounding exercises have been know to exhibit the following benefits
* Develop bone to become more mineralized, denser and stronger
* Develop balance and core stability
* Develop good posture and alignment
* Improves cardiovascular fitness
* Improves body coordination
* Improve bone mass & strength
* Strengthen muscles, especially in the lower leg & pelvic
* Protects the joints from chronic fatigue and impact delivered by exercising on hard surface
* Maintain homeostasis
* Increase lymphatic system circulation
Thanks to Yip See Kit for contributing this article to our Osteoporosis blog:
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Coach Yip has written various articles relating to Taichi and Sports Science. He has also previously conducted Taichi & Sports Science seminars. Coach Yip took up Taekwondo since young and attained his black belt before he started learning Taichi. He had participated and achieved many medals in various National Wushu Competitions.
Coach Yip is currently NROC registered with the Singapore Sports Council under Wushu/Taichi with a NCAP III certificate. Coach Yip approaches Taichi in a very scientific research based and systematically training system.
Besides giving personal and small group private coaching, he also specializes in Wushu/Taichi coaching for Kids in schools and has previously conducted various Mass Wushu Workout for Kids, ranging from primary to junior college level. To date, more than a thousand students had benefited from his Sports Scientific Wushu & Taichi coaching. For more information, visit www.newagetaichi.com
Menopause and Osteoporosis Treatment
April 1, 2009 by Information On Osteoporosis
Filed under About Osteoporosis
Menopause is simply the name given to the last menstrual period. Menopause is characterized by the loss of estrogen production by the ovaries. Menopausal and postmenopausal women are especially prone to osteoporosis, about half of them will develop this disease. The menstrual blood is partly blood and partly tissue from inside the uterus, or womb. It passes out of the body through the vagina. Premenstrual syndrome, or PMS, is a group of symptoms that start before the period. Approximately 1 percent of women experience menopause before age 40. Osteoporosis is a silent disease. Osteoporosis leads to literally abnormally porous bone that is more compressible like a sponge, than dense like a brick.
Osteoporosis is a condition that features loss of the normal density of bone and fragile bone. Some osteoporosis fractures may escape detection until years later. The osteoporosis condition can operate silently for decades, because osteoporosis doesn’t cause symptoms unless bone fractures. Osteoporosis is more common in older individuals and non-Hispanic white women, but can occur at any age, in men as well as in women, and in all ethnic groups. Many factors will increase your risk of developing osteoporosis and suffering a fracture. Major risk factors include Older age (starting in the mid-30s but accelerating after 50 years of age) ,non-hispanic white and Asian ethnic background ,small bone structure ,family history of osteoporosis or osteoporosis-related fracture in a parent or sibling.
There are several alternatives of medication to treat osteoporosis. Medications such as risedronate ibondronate raloxifene alendronate and calcitonin-salmon. To keep bones strong, eat a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D, exercise and do not smoke. If needed, medicines can also help. Calcium and vitamin D supplements also help Osteoporosis . Other treatment is estrogen therapy ,weight-bearing exercises and injectable teriparatide. A proper nutrition is a diet sufficient in calcium and vitamin D. Patients at risk for osteoporosis are generally treated with vitamin D and calcium supplements. Avoid excess alcohol intake. Bisphosphonate is the main drug for treatment. Calcitonin (Calcimar, Miacalcin) a hormone made from the thyroid gland, is given usually as a nasal spray or as an injection under the skin.
Osteoporosis Treatment Tips
Teriparatide (Forteo, recombinant parathyroid hormone 1-34) has been shown to be effective in osteoporosis.
Bisphosphonate is the main drug for treatment.
Changes to lifestyle factors and diet are also recommended, both regarding nutrition and exercise.
Weight-bearing exercise is of great importance for people suffering from the osteoporosis
Stopping use of alcohol and cigarettes.
Treat underlying medical conditions that can cause osteoporosis.
Minimize or change medications that can cause osteoporosis.
Menopause Treatment Tips
1. Healthy life helps to control menopause weight gain.
2. Menopause weight gain can be controlled with alternative medicine.
3. Testosterone helps your body to create lean muscle mass out of the calories that you take in.
4. Avoid crash diets.
5. Starvation will only cause your metabolism to slow down, causing you to gain more weight later on.
6. Menopausal women tend to exercise less than other women, which can lead to weight gain.
Thanks to Juliet Cohen for contributing this article to our Osteoporosis blog:
Osteoporosis is a condition that features loss of the normal density of bone and fragile bone. Some osteoporosis fractures may escape detection until years later. The osteoporosis condition can operate silently for decades, because osteoporosis doesn’t cause symptoms unless bone fractures. Osteoporosis is more common in older individuals and non-Hispanic white women, but can occur at any age, in men as well as in women, and in all ethnic groups. Many factors will increase your risk of developing osteoporosis and suffering a fracture. Major risk factors include Older age (starting in the mid-30s but accelerating after 50 years of age) ,non-hispanic white and Asian ethnic background ,small bone structure ,family history of osteoporosis or osteoporosis-related fracture in a parent or sibling.
There are several alternatives of medication to treat osteoporosis. Medications such as risedronate ibondronate raloxifene alendronate and calcitonin-salmon. To keep bones strong, eat a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D, exercise and do not smoke. If needed, medicines can also help. Calcium and vitamin D supplements also help Osteoporosis . Other treatment is estrogen therapy ,weight-bearing exercises and injectable teriparatide. A proper nutrition is a diet sufficient in calcium and vitamin D. Patients at risk for osteoporosis are generally treated with vitamin D and calcium supplements. Avoid excess alcohol intake. Bisphosphonate is the main drug for treatment. Calcitonin (Calcimar, Miacalcin) a hormone made from the thyroid gland, is given usually as a nasal spray or as an injection under the skin.
Osteoporosis Treatment Tips
Teriparatide (Forteo, recombinant parathyroid hormone 1-34) has been shown to be effective in osteoporosis.
Bisphosphonate is the main drug for treatment.
Changes to lifestyle factors and diet are also recommended, both regarding nutrition and exercise.
Weight-bearing exercise is of great importance for people suffering from the osteoporosis
Stopping use of alcohol and cigarettes.
Treat underlying medical conditions that can cause osteoporosis.
Minimize or change medications that can cause osteoporosis.
Menopause Treatment Tips
1. Healthy life helps to control menopause weight gain.
2. Menopause weight gain can be controlled with alternative medicine.
3. Testosterone helps your body to create lean muscle mass out of the calories that you take in.
4. Avoid crash diets.
5. Starvation will only cause your metabolism to slow down, causing you to gain more weight later on.
6. Menopausal women tend to exercise less than other women, which can lead to weight gain.
Thanks to Juliet Cohen for contributing this article to our Osteoporosis blog:
Juliet Cohen writes articles on pregnancy information and ovarian cyst. She also writes articles on women health.
Osteoporosis, How Can We Mainatain Strong Bones at Any Age?
March 15, 2009 by Information On Osteoporosis
Filed under About Osteoporosis
I would like to start out by saying I am not a doctor and I do not make medical claims, I am a concerned citizen who has a passion for researching smart alternatives for our health and sharing them with others who are taking an initiative to do their research and make their own educated decisions.
There continues to be greater and greater concern about the public healthy issues surrounding what medical science has names osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is where the (BMD) bone mineral density is reduced to the point where bone microarchitecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of non-collagenous protein in the bone is altered, the bone has become porous like a “honeycomb.”
In 2001, national attention was focused on the ever-increasing concerns regarding bone diseases when both the House and Senate jointly commissioned the Surgeon General to issue a first-ever Report to the Nation on the status of research and education on osteoporosis and related bone disease. Furthermore, to set forth a plan of action to comprehensively address the urgent need to reverse the increasing toll of the disease.
In 2004 the Surgeon General’s “Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis” was released. In summary, the Report calls osteoporosis a “silent” condition because many Americans are unaware that their bone health is in jeopardy. In fact, four times as many men and nearly three times as many women have osteoporosis than those that report the condition. Plus, osteoporosis affects men and women of all races, and while bone weakness manifests primarily in older Americans, the Report made a point of emphasizing that strong bones really begin in childhood.
One recommendation that came from the Report was focusing on the value and impact of proper nutrition. Especially foods that contained significant sources of Calcium, Phosphorus and Vitamin D. This Report also calls upon Health Care Professionals to help Americans maintain healthy bones “by evaluating risks for patients of all ages..” that may indicate someone is at risk.
With this information said, here are my comments. For Health Care Professionals to be able to help their patients determine if they are at risk for having or developing bone disease, they must be able to establish if there is an ongoing mineral deficiency in progress before their patients’ bones ever begin to get close to osteopenia, which is “bone poverty,” the next step is osteoporosis. Common bone density tests are looking at the ongoing effect after the fact, not the cause. Truly strong bones must begin in childhood with proper nourishment.
So how can we maintain strong bones at any age?
*Your LIVER needs to be in proper working health, to supply the needs for the rest of the body, this includes, Water, Oxygen and Calcium.
*Calcium, your body needs the right types of Calcium in the daily diet, moving through the intestinal tract, in order for all organs and tissues of the body, through the liver, to be perfectly supplied with enough mineral energy from the food. Calcium deficiency in the digestive tract, means poor mineral energy production and delivery.
*Food, should be our primary source for minerals. However, with the endemically mineral deficient foods available today, the diet must be supplemented only with the correct Calcium types and associated minerals and vitamins necessary for each individuals needs.
*Vitamin C and D, are needed for healthy bones and any organ.
*Vitamin K
*Magnesium
*Chemical Colloids, the prime source for Chemical Colloids, comes from either high quality, (high Brix), (Brix is the unit of measure from a refractometer that can directly interpret the sugar content, the higher the Brix reading the greater the nutritional value), foods grown incorporating soft rock colloidal phosphate. Chemical Colloids can levitate in air or water and go with the flow of either. The harder the substance, the more chemical colloid must be available to supply the needs of the cells as they are replaced, rebuilt and restored.
*The ultimate determinate of how strongly bone is built or how quickly bone is restored when minerally depleted. Chemical Colloids act as friction reducers to the movement of mineral molecules into the cell, all mineral (except nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen and carbon) can only be carried into the cells attached to phosphate. Chemical Colloids are a significant source of this vital nontoxic phosphate that moves mineral into cells.
*The prime construction of material of bone is Calcium Phosphate, including chemical colloids.
*Bones are the main Mineral Reservoir and anytime the body is unable to get enough mineral, especially Calcium, from the diet, it will take from the bones. This is generally the start of osteopena.
This can be a start to determining where to start and how you can ultimately maintain stonger bones…at any age.
For safe and effective treatment and prevention for your bone health, please check out the smart alternatives available through organic food options as well as quality vitamins and minerals. Go to http://mysmartalternatives.com
Thanks to Jody for contributing this article to our Osteoporosis blog:
There continues to be greater and greater concern about the public healthy issues surrounding what medical science has names osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is where the (BMD) bone mineral density is reduced to the point where bone microarchitecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of non-collagenous protein in the bone is altered, the bone has become porous like a “honeycomb.”
In 2001, national attention was focused on the ever-increasing concerns regarding bone diseases when both the House and Senate jointly commissioned the Surgeon General to issue a first-ever Report to the Nation on the status of research and education on osteoporosis and related bone disease. Furthermore, to set forth a plan of action to comprehensively address the urgent need to reverse the increasing toll of the disease.
In 2004 the Surgeon General’s “Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis” was released. In summary, the Report calls osteoporosis a “silent” condition because many Americans are unaware that their bone health is in jeopardy. In fact, four times as many men and nearly three times as many women have osteoporosis than those that report the condition. Plus, osteoporosis affects men and women of all races, and while bone weakness manifests primarily in older Americans, the Report made a point of emphasizing that strong bones really begin in childhood.
One recommendation that came from the Report was focusing on the value and impact of proper nutrition. Especially foods that contained significant sources of Calcium, Phosphorus and Vitamin D. This Report also calls upon Health Care Professionals to help Americans maintain healthy bones “by evaluating risks for patients of all ages..” that may indicate someone is at risk.
With this information said, here are my comments. For Health Care Professionals to be able to help their patients determine if they are at risk for having or developing bone disease, they must be able to establish if there is an ongoing mineral deficiency in progress before their patients’ bones ever begin to get close to osteopenia, which is “bone poverty,” the next step is osteoporosis. Common bone density tests are looking at the ongoing effect after the fact, not the cause. Truly strong bones must begin in childhood with proper nourishment.
So how can we maintain strong bones at any age?
*Your LIVER needs to be in proper working health, to supply the needs for the rest of the body, this includes, Water, Oxygen and Calcium.
*Calcium, your body needs the right types of Calcium in the daily diet, moving through the intestinal tract, in order for all organs and tissues of the body, through the liver, to be perfectly supplied with enough mineral energy from the food. Calcium deficiency in the digestive tract, means poor mineral energy production and delivery.
*Food, should be our primary source for minerals. However, with the endemically mineral deficient foods available today, the diet must be supplemented only with the correct Calcium types and associated minerals and vitamins necessary for each individuals needs.
*Vitamin C and D, are needed for healthy bones and any organ.
*Vitamin K
*Magnesium
*Chemical Colloids, the prime source for Chemical Colloids, comes from either high quality, (high Brix), (Brix is the unit of measure from a refractometer that can directly interpret the sugar content, the higher the Brix reading the greater the nutritional value), foods grown incorporating soft rock colloidal phosphate. Chemical Colloids can levitate in air or water and go with the flow of either. The harder the substance, the more chemical colloid must be available to supply the needs of the cells as they are replaced, rebuilt and restored.
*The ultimate determinate of how strongly bone is built or how quickly bone is restored when minerally depleted. Chemical Colloids act as friction reducers to the movement of mineral molecules into the cell, all mineral (except nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen and carbon) can only be carried into the cells attached to phosphate. Chemical Colloids are a significant source of this vital nontoxic phosphate that moves mineral into cells.
*The prime construction of material of bone is Calcium Phosphate, including chemical colloids.
*Bones are the main Mineral Reservoir and anytime the body is unable to get enough mineral, especially Calcium, from the diet, it will take from the bones. This is generally the start of osteopena.
This can be a start to determining where to start and how you can ultimately maintain stonger bones…at any age.
For safe and effective treatment and prevention for your bone health, please check out the smart alternatives available through organic food options as well as quality vitamins and minerals. Go to http://mysmartalternatives.com
Thanks to Jody for contributing this article to our Osteoporosis blog:
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