Jul 9, 2020 | Case Studies, General, Living with Osteoporosis
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 a simple misadventure that in a younger, stronger boned person would not cause a problem. Rehabilitating a fracture,...
Feb 17, 2020 | Awareness, General, Living with Osteoporosis
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...
Jan 23, 2020 | Awareness, General, Living with Osteoporosis
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...
Sep 17, 2019 | Living with Osteoporosis
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....
Aug 19, 2019 | Living with Osteoporosis
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...
Jun 12, 2019 | Living with Osteoporosis, Prevention
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...
