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The osteoporosis check-list THE OSTEOPOROSIS CHECK-LIST
If you are concerned that osteoporosis is quietly eating away at your bones, you may gain reassurance or an incentive to make lifestyle changes by doing the following.
- Check whether you have any inherited or lifestyle factors that may contribute to your risk of osteoporosis.
- Recall whether you have ever fractured a bone, say in the forearm or wrist, when the pressure or force applied to that part of the body was minimal.
- Ask someone to measure your height to see if it has decreased and to tell you if your back is becoming rounded.
- Think through your experience of general aches and pains in,the bones.
Having gone through a check-list like this, Joan's concerns about the state of her bones intensified. Although only fifty-three, she believed she had a full hand for osteoporosis: many years of eating disorders and dieting, a sedentary lifestyle, and a mother recovering from her second hip fracture. After discussing the situation with her doctor and having a bone density measurement that suggested a problem in the making, she revamped her lifestyle step by step. 'My doctor was reluctant to prescribe hormones because of a previous breast cancer, but started me on a gentle but regular exercise program. A year later I am doing things I wouldn't have dreamed of. Simple things, like walking to the local shops and post-box instead of driving. I feel hungrier and eat more, yet because I am exercising regularly I am not putting on weight. My enjoyment of life has definitely picked up.'
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