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Shauna Osborne
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There’s a reason May is National Osteoporosis Awareness Month and it has a lot to do with celebrating Mother’s Day, too. That’s because one in every two women over 50 will break a bone because of Osteoporosis, according to the Surgeon General.
Stanford University’s Exercise Physiology Program explains that “throughout your life, your bones are constantly remodeling in a balance between breakdown and synthesis, but this balance shifts more towards breakdown in later years.”
Osteoporosis is also the third leading cause of death over 65. Why? Because if you have Osteoporosis and break a bone, it may not just snap, it can shatter, and that’s a very difficult proposition for recovery.