Osteoporosis is a condition that occurs when our bones lose their density and become more porous and brittle. “Osteoporosis” literally means “porous bones.” If you were to look at bones in the body from the inside out, you wouldn’t see 100% dense bone. Like pictured, our bones have regions of higher density as well as […]
by Mary Jo Gustin, DC Half of all women over age 50, and a quarter of all men, will experience a bone fracture in their later years. Did you know that these fragility fractures are associated with serious consequences, including even death? Costs are currently approaching 30 billion in the U.S. alone, and because we […]