You’re never too old to improve bone and muscle strength, even if you actually suffer from osteoporosis. Before-and-after research with very elderly people has demonstrated the benefit of bone-loading exercise and also shown how mobility and muscle power enhance even simple activities like getting up from a chair, lifting parcels or going up stairs. Of course these benefits also reduce the risk of falling and suffering a fracture. Should you have the bad luck to fall, you’re less likely to suffer serious consequences.
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Osteoporosis: Vitamins and Minerals
We need Vitamin D in order to absorb calcium properly. But as we grow older, we become less able to utilise the vitamin, and a deficiency may lead to muscular weakness and contribute to instability, falls and subsequent fractures. Some drugs interfere with Vitamin D absorption. If you regularly take any drug, ask your doctor about this.
Many dietary sources of Vitamin D are oily fish like herring, sardine, mackerel; also egg yolk, milk butter, cod liver oil.
Osteoporosis – And Who Is At Risk
Osteoporosis is a bone-thinning condition but it is by no means new. The Romans were referring to non-healing hip fractures and other similar-sounding conditions in the 6th century. By the early 19th century, physicians were concerned about the ‘spongy’ texture of bones in old age, even before they were able to see them on X-ray.
Lets Get Fit
It doesn’t really seem fair when you’ve worked your socks off and just when you sit down to relax, your conscience tells you it’s bad to lounge around, and you should get up off your bottom to be active.
Hints For A Healthy Older Age
First it’s important to realise that none of us are too old or too young to help ourselves to better health. Every day, whether we like it or not, we get that little bit older – ageing is inevitable. Although we have no control over our destined life span (the quantity of life) we do have control over the quality of our lives.