Wellbeing Features - Perth

Osteoporosis Prevention - How Regular Weight Bearing Exercise Can Help Reduce the Risk

One in two women and one in three men over 60 years of age in Australia will have a bone fracture related to osteoporosis. These are real and scary statistics and should remind each and every one of us of the need to assess our own current risk and be proactive to ensure either prevention or management of osteoporosis. Prevention is definitely the key and there are some practical things that everyone can do to reduce the risk of developing this disease.