Join the Bone Buddies Online Virtual Support Group this September! Weekly sessions cover topics ranging from diet, exercise, treatment, and more.
Join the Bone Buddies Online Virtual Support Group this August! Weekly sessions cover topics ranging from diet, exercise, treatment, and more.
Join the Bone Buddies Online Virtual Support Group this July! Weekly sessions cover topics ranging from diet, exercise, treatment, and more.
Staying active is one of the best things you can do for your bone health—and walking is an easy, enjoyable, and effective way to build strong bones and help prevent osteoporosis. That’s why BHOF is launching ‘Be Bone Strong’™ Walking Clubs in communities across the country!
Answer these questions to learn about your chance of getting osteoporosis, a disease that causes the bones to become weak and more likely to break. The more times you answer “yes,” the greater your risk of getting osteoporosis. Take this information with you to your next medical appointment and talk to your healthcare provider about what you can do to protect your bones.
I didn’t know anything about osteoporosis until my 83-year-old mother broke her hip a few days before Christmas in 2011. At that time, my sister did some online research about hip fractures and found a statistic from the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) that said almost a quarter of people who suffer a hip fracture die within the first year after the fracture. We were shocked!
