Bone Fracture
Alternate Names : Broken Bone
What can be done to prevent the injury?
Some fractures can be avoided by following sports safety guidelines for
children, adolescents, and adults.
Bone loss, which increases a person's risk of fractures, can be slowed by doing
30 minutes of moderate weight-bearing exercise a day.
Weight-bearing exercise
includes low-impact aerobics, walking, running, lifting weights, tennis, and
step aerobics. A person doing moderate exercise can talk normally without
shortness of breath and
is comfortable with the pace of the activity. The 30 minutes a day can be done
all in 1 session, or it can be broken up into smaller segments of time.
Low-impact aerobics and water
aerobics are examples of exercises that minimize joint stress in
elderly individuals or people with
arthritis. Recent research has shown that people who do
high-impact activities such as jogging have less bone loss as they age.
Individuals can lower their risk of bone fractures following
osteoporosis by:
eating a well-balanced diet, following the food guide pyramid. A diet with adequate
calcium and vitamin D can help slow bone loss.
There is some evidence that too much bone thinning is hastened by a diet high
in fat.
eating 25 grams of soy protein daily
avoiding smoking
limiting alcohol
intake
for women who have reached
menopause, using hormone
replacement therapy
getting effective treatment for conditions such as hypogonadism,
rheumatoid arthritis, and
hyperthyroidism
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