How Do You Do Weight-Bearing Exercise To Manage Osteoporosis?
It is currently estimated that 44 million people have osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a condition where the bones become porous and fragile and can easily break. This is becoming a major health issue as individuals are more at risk for breaking a hip when they fall and ending up in a nursing home. To help understand this condition, the National Osteoporosis Foundation uses lace as their symbol to represents what happens to the bone. The good news is that osteoporosis can be stopped and, in some cases, even reversed with proper medication, diet and exercise. Understand the difference between weight-bearing exercise and weight-training exercise. These two terms are often incorrectly used interchangeably. In order to help stimulate bone growth and manage osteoporosis, you need to do exercise which places a strong demand or workload on the bone. This stress on the bone stimulates it to grow faster. Realize the best way to do this for most people is through weight-bearing exercises. These are
