by Mickie Jacobs Born to be active It is 1964 in Birmingham, England. Picture a young girl of 11 ½. She has just reached puberty; she is about to start secondary school. She is around 157 cms tall (or 5ft 2ins as this is England) and probably around 50 kg or 8 stone. This is […]
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“I’ve heard about osteoporosis, but thought I didn’t fit the profile. It turns out you don’t have to fit the profile – thin, small boned, Caucasian and heading towards 60. It’s amazing how you can have the symptoms, but something doesn’t “click”. I was diagnosed with two fractures in my spine two years ago, found […]
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For over three decades, HIV has been a high topic of discussion. Osteoporosis however, has been around since the dawn of time. In fact, they have found bone remnants of ancient man showing clear signs of loss of bone density – bones well on their way to developing the latticework of delicacy that is the […]
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Osteoporosis is probably one of the last diseases we would expect a child to suffer. We are so used to it as a bone thinning disease of older people that when presented with it in a really young person, even babies, there is almost a sense of shock along with the concern. But rather unfortunately, […]
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Osteoporosis is known as the silent disease. It sneaks up on you, and often the first inkling you have is when you trip over something or bend down to pull out a fat weed – and rise up yelling: ‘Eina!’ And there it is – possibly the only noise osteoporosis will make. A fractured bone […]
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Whether you are already diagnosed with osteoporosis or you are unaware you are at risk, a fracture may well become a reality – sometimes caused by simple misadventure that in a younger, stronger boned person would not cause a problem. While suffering a break is traumatic and inconvenient for anybody, it’s usually the repair period […]
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Falling is probably the last thing on anybody’s mind when you are young and fairly fit. We take walking around for granted, without a thought of possibly landing up face-first in a gutter, at the bottom of an escalator, or in a mud puddle. Although this can happen at any age. But your composure can […]
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Finding the right medication for osteoporosis is sometimes a tricky business, especially considering that often, until a bone breaks, we may not know we even have the disease.
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Living with osteoporosis in the workplace If you are diagnosed with osteoporosis during your working years, you have two important aspects to contemplate: firstly, your job itself may be the cause of your osteoporosis if you spend your day mostly sitting and staring at a computer; and secondly, how you will manage the condition if […]
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It is currently estimated that over 200 million people worldwide suffer from Osteoporosis. The incidences are increasing because of the longer life expectancy of so many people in today’s world where medical advancements help us to stay alive and relatively healthy a lot longer.
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