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absorption and a second layer that's soft enough for every day. Feel clean
and comfy for up to 10 hours. Always.
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p o i n t s
Y o u r b o n e s a r e A T R I S K
D u e to f a c t o r s s u c h a s a g e , a
h i s t o r y o f s m o k in g o r in a c t iv it y , o r
a h e r e d it a r y p r e d is p o s it io n , y o u r
b o n e d e n s it y m a y h a v e a lr e a d y
t a k e n a h it . S o s t e p o n e is to s e e
y o u r d o c t o r f o r a D X A s c a n . I f t h e
r e s u l t — e x p r e s s e d in a v a lu e c a lle d
a T - s c o r e — is b e t w e e n -
1.1
a n d
-
2
.
5
, y o u lik e ly h a v e a p r e c u r s o r o f
o s t e o p o r o s i s k n o w n a s o s t e o p e n ia .
J u s t to b e c le a r : U n lik e
o s t e o p o r o s is , o s t e o p e n ia is n o t
a d is e a s e a n d o f t e n is r e v e r s ib le
w ith t h e lif e s t y le c h a n g e s o u tlin e d
in t h e tw o s e c t i o n s o n
p a g e
2 1 2
.
B u t i f y o u ’v e e x p e r ie n c e d s e r io u s
b o n e lo s s d e s p ite fo llo w in g
t h e s e g u id e lin e s , y o u m ig h t b e a
c a n d id a te f o r m e d ic a t io n . (D it to
i f y o u ’v e b r o k e n a m a jo r b o n e in
m id life , r e g a r d le s s o f y o u r D X A
r e s u l t s , D r. S ik o n s a y s .) T h e m o s t
c o m m o n t r e a t m e n t is a c l a s s o f
d r u g s c a lle d b ip h o s p h o n a t e s , w h ic h
in c lu d e s B o n iv a a n d F o s a m a x ,
a m o n g o t h e r s . T h e s e d r u g s s lo w
b o n e b r e a k d o w n , g iv in g t h e b o d y
a c h a n c e t o c o r r e c t it s d e fic it.
O n e in t e r e s t in g q u ir k is t h a t
b ip h o s p h o n a t e s a c c u m u la t e in
b o n e s , s o m a n y w o m e n c a n u s e
th e m f o r ju s t a fe w y e a r s a n d t h e n
ta k e a
12
- to
2 4
-m o n th b r e a k .
In a d d itio n to p e r fo r m in g w e ig h t-
b e a r in g e x e r c i s e s , y o u a ls o c o u ld
b e n e f it fr o m s t r e n g t h e n in g y o u r
c o r e m u s c le s th r o u g h a c t iv it ie s
s u c h a s y o g a a n d ta i c h i. T h is
im p r o v e s b a la n c e , r e d u c in g t h e r is k
o f d a n g e r o u s f a lls . J u s t b e s u r e to
g e t y o u r d o c t o r ’s O K f ir s t — s o m e
e x e r c is e s m ig h t n e e d to b e m o d ifie d
to p r o t e c t y o u r b o n e s fr o m in ju r y .
