Osteoporosis is not an isolated disease process that
happens to fully healthy people. Excessive bone thinning and the
development of weak bones does not occur without due cause which
is often associated with other health problems. Lifelong patterns
of poor eating, little exercise, smoking, irregular periods, surgeries
and medication use, toxic exposure, excessive stress and the like
take their toll on the whole body, not just the bones.
In fact one study found that women with moderate to severe osteoporotic
spinal deformities were more likely to consider themselves limited
in their activity by overall poor health rather then by their
back problems.
Next: Rethinking the True Causes
of Osteoporosis
Extracted from our book, Better
Bones Better Body (Keats 2000) by our Director, Susan E. Brown,
Ph.D., CCN
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