Exercise for Osteoporosis
Exercise reduced by 25% the risk of falls in patients with osteoporosis. Experts recommend physical activity in childhood and adolescence to reduce the problems associated with osteoporosis and is estimated to decrease by 25% the risk of falls in patients with osteoporosis, according explained Dr. Andrés Peña Arrebola, rehabilitation physician Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal in Madrid.
“People who exercise may fall differently than those who do not perform and to decrease fracture risk,” said Peña, who stressed the benefits of training aimed at strengthening the muscles, balance and a rehabilitation plan physical activity, and that “reduces the number of falls in a year, and the number of injuries from the fall.”
In addition, the exercise itself serves to improve balance and muscle strength, especially in older people living alone. In fact, exercises to improve balance increase the stability of the march, and reduce not only the risk of falling, but the fear of falling.
“Exercise is a form accessible prevention and treatment of bone loss, which has no side effects, its cost is low, it provides benefits on postural stability and the prevention of falls in short, is a fundamental aspect of rehabilitation to play an important role in the challenge of osteoporosis, “he explains.
One of the exercises that improve bone mineral density is Tai Chi, although its practice must be recommended by a physician. This is also an exercise that is practiced in a group, something very exciting to keep the patient in practice regular physical activity.
However, pointed out that disease prevention begins in childhood, which is the time when the exercise has a greater impact on skeletal growth in width and mineral mass, and when children and young people reach peak bone mass, which will determine the size of their bones.