Posts Tagged ‘kyphosis’
Exercises to Avoid “Humpback” Kyphosis
National Osteoporosis Foundation meeting last week emphasized exercises that help avoid, or even correct, kyphosis or “humpback”. This is important because kyphosis leads to poor balance, falls and fractures.
Weak Muscles and Poor Posture can cause the bones of the spine to slowly crumble into “humpback”. Strengthening those muscles and working on posture can stop the spine from crumbling further, and can correct at least part of the kyphosis. That improves balance, and prevents falls and fractures!
Welcome to ISCD 2012
What determines “osteoporosis”? Is it DXA and BMD? Perhaps VFA and the lateral spine? What is the importance of Kyphosis? When is a collapsed vertebra a fracture? These are all questions for ISCD 2012.
The International Society for Clinical Densitometry meets this week at the 2012 annual meeting. As a society, we began by studying DXA as a tool to identify individuals at increased Risk of Fracture. We now realize that DXA and BMD are only part of the analysis. FRAX has been a major step forward. We will be sharing our observations and advancing our collective knowledge.
“I Fell All the Way Down the Stairs and I Didn’t Break Anything!”
First, my Aunt Henrietta Fell Really Hard when she tripped on a throw-rug. Next, her Bifocals tricked her coming in from the porch. Then, she slipped on the Ice that had All Melted Yesterday. Despite taking enough Adora Premium Chocolates Calcium and enough Vitamin D supplements, she added Fragility Fractures of both wrists and a shoulder to her prominant Kyphosis (hump-back) from multiple Vertebral Crunch Fractures.
Enough was enough. She decided to have no more fractures! She started the Anabolic, Forteo (Teriparatide). This is the one medication which primarily stimulates Osteoblast cells and will build new bone matrix. She said: “I guess I can do a shot every day.” But would it work? Unintentionally she put it to the test!