Exercise DVDs for Osteoporosis

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Skeletal Fitness

Exercise is a great way to build strong bones. Unlike hormone therapy, which studies have linked to an increase risk of breast cancer, exercise helps prevent osteoporosis and also reduces the breast cancer risk.

Skeletal Fitness: Osteoporosis Prevention Weight Bearing and Resistance Exercises: A Workout For Bones. Skeletal Fitness™ is a 1 hour Bone Loading video to help combat osteoporosis by exercise expert, Mirabai Holland, M.F.A. Bones are living tissue that become denser the more they are exercised. Studies show that tennis players, through repeated practice, will develop thicker, stronger bones in their racquet arm than in their other arm. This process is called bone loading. Skeletal Fitness™is a complete loading program for the whole body. It has a special emphasis on the areas most at risk for osteoporotic fracture: the thigh bone, the hip, the spine and forearm at the wrist.

Simple Strategies to Reduce Your Risk of Osteoporosis

• Eat a diet of whole foods rich in bone building foods high in calcium, magnesium and vitamin K.
  
  
• A study fromshows that fruit and vegetable intake may protect against premenopausal bone loss.¹
  
  
• Get some sunlight each day for vitamin D.
  
  
• Don't smoke.
  
  
• Engage in regular physical activity, such as walking or weight lifting.
  
  
• Eliminate or cut back on coffee, which can deplete magnesium levels.

Too Much of a Good Thing?

While most people know that exercise can help to build strong bones, did you know that too much exercise can actually be detrimental to bone health? Over exercising can lower estrogen levels, which in turn can lead to osteopenia or osteoporosis with an increased risk of fracture. Elite athletes who exercise to the point where their menstrual periods stop are at high risk for osteoporosis. Young female athletes with amenorrhagia, can actually have bone density values equal to that of an elderly osteoporotic woman. ²

Related Pages:

Osteoporosis Diet - Diet tips for building strong bones.

Osteopenia - top books for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and osteopenia.

Scoliosis Exercises - scoliosis is a common condition in women with osteoporosis.

References:

1. Macdonald HM, New SA, Golden MH, Campbell MK, Reid DM., "Nutritional associations with bone loss during the menopausal transition: evidence of a beneficial effect of calcium, alcohol, and fruit and vegetable nutrients and of a detrimental effect of fatty acids." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 79, No. 1, 155-165, January 2004

2. Nichols DL, Bonnick SL, Sanborn CF, "Bone health and osteoporosis." Clinical Sports Medicine. 2000 Apr;19(2):233-49

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