No Bones About It

Did you know this? According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, “When you do regular weight bearing exercise, your bone adapts to the impact of weight and pull of muscle by building more cells and becoming stronger. Some activities recommended to build strong bones include: Brisk walking, jogging, and hiking.”


Did you get that? Isn’t that the most amazing news ever? We can build our bones to make them stronger by simple movements. If we only hold a can of soup in our hand while doing a simple bicep curl while watching HGTV… we are not only strengthening our upper arm muscles but we are BUILDING BONE DENSITY IN ALL OF OUR BONES, NOT JUST THE HUMERUS!! We can also do other great activities like bowling, dancing or gardening. Wow, who knew we could be having fun and building bone mass all at the same time! This is great news for those of us that are seeing more and more signs of aging occurring in our bodies. The picture above is showing the slow decrease over time of bone density as we age but we can certainly fight it starting at a young age or even start your fight at 63.  


Here are some great resources on the subject of strengthening our bones.


http://nof.org/exercise
http://www.livestrong.com/article/219541-how-to-in...
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00263


Happy reading!
Jennifer