January 14, 2014
Fracturing once is enough. No one wants to fracture a second time. Yet, if you fracture once, you have proven that you probably have inadequate bone health, and you are...
October 3, 2013
If you screen by DXA alone you fail to identify most of the individuals who will fracture. Over 80% of fracture patients over age 50 have “osteopenia” or “normal” as their Bone...
September 30, 2013
A Hip Fracture over age 70 is Very Bad. About 20% of women and over 30% of men die from their hip fracture. Some consider these to be the lucky ones....
September 20, 2013
This week a patient was delighted to know she had no bone worries – based on her t-score of -2.4 in her hips. Unfortunately she was very wrong! “Osteopenia” is just...
May 18, 2013
Falls cause Fractures. Preventing falls, or decreasing the number of falls, decreases fractures. How can you do that? Twice daily physical therapy exercises help improve muscle strength, balance and endurance....
April 17, 2013
The goal of Bone Health Evaluation and Treatment is Fracture Prevention! DXA and Bone Mineral Density (BMD) are useful tools for evaluation. But DXA and BMD are only one out of...
December 4, 2012
Bone that has Fractured = Bone NOT Good Enough = Bone which requires the Anabolic, Forteo. Any fracture, especially vertebral compression fracture, can mean that the bone is NOT Good...
November 30, 2012
How do you know when an Antiresorptive medication is best? First, the situation needs to be beyond the capability to Take Control Naturally with Calcium Citrate and Vitamin D3 alone....
November 15, 2012
I have been on the road with presentations in South Dakota and Southern Illinois recently. SD is state # 10 for me. I teach health care providers about the role...
October 5, 2012
A fragility fracture is a fracture which happens from minor trauma. A stress fracture happens from repeated normal daily activities, like walking or going up or down stairs. This is...