Aug 21, 2023 | Awareness, Living with Osteoporosis
HIV and bones should both be priority topics at any time. But possibly in the modern context, people are more concerned with HIV. However, the effect on your bones of this insidious disease should not be neglected. While HIV is primarily associated with effects on the...
Jul 18, 2023 | Awareness, Living with Osteoporosis, Uncategorised
We often think of bones in individual areas: we have a bad back, a painful shoulder, a creaky knee, an uncomfortable hip, and we rarely consider the muscle networks across our back and stomach which are designed to hold everything essentially together. Strong bones...
Jun 20, 2023 | Awareness, Living with Osteoporosis
As we age, many of us are subject to various medications for a host of chronic ailments. And osteoporosis is possibly not least of these. But while medicine is important, and in many cases vital to our wellbeing, there is often the glaring issue of side effects. So...
May 24, 2023 | Living with Osteoporosis, Patients' Perspective
Natalie\ is a 32-year-old attorney from Cape Town South Africa. She gave birth to her third baby in October 2022 and has three children, age 9, age 2 and 6 months. When she was 5 months pregnant (and 3 weeks after her husband had surgery on his spine/neck) she woke...
Mar 21, 2023 | Awareness, Living with Osteoporosis
If you have a tendency to relax on the couch more than you exercise, then you are in danger of really messing up your bones. Seriously, a couch potato faces numerous health issues by not exercising, but the worst is probably the deterioration of your bones. Most...
Feb 21, 2023 | Awareness, Living with Osteoporosis
The idea that love and romance is only for young people has long been dead. In truth, age is no barrier for romance; any age at any time is suitable for romantic relationships. Emotional and physical health can remain vital provided exercise, diet and social...
