We all have a lot to lose if we take a serious fall. Assuming we survive, the effects can be life altering. And if you have osteoporosis, what would have been a minor slip and fall for others, could have devastating consequences for you. Here's a fall prevention video that should be of interest to anyone interested in staying upright.
There's a story that prompted me to post this video and write this article. Here it is.
I have a friend who had been eyeballing this cute little red purse for a couple of months. She didn't need it but she wanted it and sort of became obsessed with it.
She'd visit it online and wave to it in the store. But, there's no way she was going to buy that purse because wanting it that bad made her feel a little stupid.
Well, the darn thing went on sale the other day at 40-percent off and another 10-percent off with her store card. Now, of course, she had to have that red bag.
Apparently, so did every other woman in the United States. Because, she had it in her online shopping cart and by the time she got her credit card out, it was no longer available. It had been snatched right out of her cart.
She was furious. She felt violated. "How dare they sell MY red purse?"
She called the company. They apologized and looked for one in their inventory anywhere. They gave her stores and a warehouse to call and reserve it before the last one could be sold. She called around for over an hour and finally got to someone who found one in California and ordered it for her.
As she was patting herself on the back for her investigative skills and persistence my friend had an aha! moment. She had recently been diagnosed with osteoporosis. Her doctor had given her a list of endocrinologists he'd be comfortable recommending but she hadn't even looked at it, let alone researched it.
"I had been meaning to but I had been putting it off for no good reason. I thought why on earth don't I apply that same purse passion to taking charge of my own health care?"
She thought about it for a minute and the answer she came up with unnerved her a little. "Health care is not sexy," Purses are sexy! Purses are sexier than being healthier and maybe living longer? Eek!
But health is sexy! Quality of life is sexy!
As she started to Google the doctors on the list, she began to sing a parody to that old rock song.
"I'm too sexy for my purse, too sexy for my mouse pad, but not too sexy for my doctor's office. Maybe a little bit too sexy, but I'm goin' anyway."
I think perhaps my friend has touched a nerve in many of us. Would we really rather look good than to feel good?
Sure seems like it. I think it's that very premise that prompted an ad agency to come up with a TV commercial for a dietary supplement featuring a sexy dancing X-ray skeleton of a baby boomer model that's protecting her looks by protecting her bones.
It got my attention. If you can't get them to do it for health, get them to do it for beauty. Twistedly brilliant!
I got a chance to interview the company spokesperson Dayle Haddon and she said: "I think our message is about let's focus on the inner... when a hanger holds up clothes in the closet, your bones are holding up all that beauty... so it's extremely important that bones be at optimum health and strength... "
So I guess, if beauty is your motivation, go for it; especially when the health comes with it.
But what do you do if you already have osteoporosis like my friend, or have low bone mass, or you just have the good sense to want to take of your bones?
I asked Susan Randall, MSN, FNP-BC, Senior Director, Science and Education at the National Osteoporosis Foundation and she said:
She also said "Weight bearing exercise actually builds bone in youth and will help maintain bone."
I said, "People my age, are worried about falling down and breaking something."
When I asked her about fall prevention she said, "As we get older the type of exercise changes a little bit. We still have to do some impact work but it has to be safe to avoid injury and falls so you want to add balance training, flexibility training, and safe movement to make sure the individual is able to stay active and healthy."
Finally she recommended anyone interested in getting more facts about osteoporosis and bone health visit www.nof.org
So what's the takeaway here? My takeaway is if you like standing on your own two feet, taking care of your bones is about as sexy as it gets.
from Healthy Living - The Huffington Post http://ift.tt/1pkSpds
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There's a story that prompted me to post this video and write this article. Here it is.
I have a friend who had been eyeballing this cute little red purse for a couple of months. She didn't need it but she wanted it and sort of became obsessed with it.
She'd visit it online and wave to it in the store. But, there's no way she was going to buy that purse because wanting it that bad made her feel a little stupid.
Well, the darn thing went on sale the other day at 40-percent off and another 10-percent off with her store card. Now, of course, she had to have that red bag.
Apparently, so did every other woman in the United States. Because, she had it in her online shopping cart and by the time she got her credit card out, it was no longer available. It had been snatched right out of her cart.
She was furious. She felt violated. "How dare they sell MY red purse?"
She called the company. They apologized and looked for one in their inventory anywhere. They gave her stores and a warehouse to call and reserve it before the last one could be sold. She called around for over an hour and finally got to someone who found one in California and ordered it for her.
As she was patting herself on the back for her investigative skills and persistence my friend had an aha! moment. She had recently been diagnosed with osteoporosis. Her doctor had given her a list of endocrinologists he'd be comfortable recommending but she hadn't even looked at it, let alone researched it.
"I had been meaning to but I had been putting it off for no good reason. I thought why on earth don't I apply that same purse passion to taking charge of my own health care?"
She thought about it for a minute and the answer she came up with unnerved her a little. "Health care is not sexy," Purses are sexy! Purses are sexier than being healthier and maybe living longer? Eek!
But health is sexy! Quality of life is sexy!
As she started to Google the doctors on the list, she began to sing a parody to that old rock song.
"I'm too sexy for my purse, too sexy for my mouse pad, but not too sexy for my doctor's office. Maybe a little bit too sexy, but I'm goin' anyway."
I think perhaps my friend has touched a nerve in many of us. Would we really rather look good than to feel good?
Sure seems like it. I think it's that very premise that prompted an ad agency to come up with a TV commercial for a dietary supplement featuring a sexy dancing X-ray skeleton of a baby boomer model that's protecting her looks by protecting her bones.
It got my attention. If you can't get them to do it for health, get them to do it for beauty. Twistedly brilliant!
I got a chance to interview the company spokesperson Dayle Haddon and she said: "I think our message is about let's focus on the inner... when a hanger holds up clothes in the closet, your bones are holding up all that beauty... so it's extremely important that bones be at optimum health and strength... "
So I guess, if beauty is your motivation, go for it; especially when the health comes with it.
But what do you do if you already have osteoporosis like my friend, or have low bone mass, or you just have the good sense to want to take of your bones?
I asked Susan Randall, MSN, FNP-BC, Senior Director, Science and Education at the National Osteoporosis Foundation and she said:
Getting enough calcium in our diet is really important. The NOF recommends
an intake of 1,000 miligrams for adult women from age 50 or younger, and age 51 and older -- 1,200 milligrams a day for adult women. If a woman isn't paying enough attention to calcium in her diet she puts herself at risk. But more is not necessarily better when it comes to calcium. Neither women nor men should get more than about 2,000 milligrams a day.
She also said "Weight bearing exercise actually builds bone in youth and will help maintain bone."
I said, "People my age, are worried about falling down and breaking something."
When I asked her about fall prevention she said, "As we get older the type of exercise changes a little bit. We still have to do some impact work but it has to be safe to avoid injury and falls so you want to add balance training, flexibility training, and safe movement to make sure the individual is able to stay active and healthy."
Finally she recommended anyone interested in getting more facts about osteoporosis and bone health visit www.nof.org
So what's the takeaway here? My takeaway is if you like standing on your own two feet, taking care of your bones is about as sexy as it gets.
from Healthy Living - The Huffington Post http://ift.tt/1pkSpds
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