Kavita Patel is a BoneFit™-trained physical therapist and passionate advocate for bone health. As a trainer, educator, and founder of a concierge wellness practice, she empowers individuals and communities with evidence-based strategies to stay active, strong, and fracture-free.
Join the Bone Buddies Online Virtual Support Group this July! Weekly sessions cover topics ranging from diet, exercise, treatment, and more!
The Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) is excited to introduce our new online fundraising platform, Fundraise Your Own Way! It’s an easy, flexible tool that helps you to create a personal page, share your story, and rally others to join you. Whether you want to celebrate a birthday or milestone, honor a loved one, host your own awareness-raising event, or turn your passion into a fundraiser, this platform truly gives you the tools to fundraise your own way.
Join the Bone Buddies Online Virtual Support Group this June! Weekly sessions cover topics ranging from diet, exercise, treatment, and more!
Our guest blogger today, Dr. Heather L. Johnson, is an actively practicing gynecologist and author of two books about pregnancy and menopause, who, after delivering more than 3,500 babies over 40 years, recently retired as an obstetrician. In this article, she shares with us some insights about how menopause and osteoporosis are related and steps you can take to focus on your bone health.
In celebration of National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, 2021, the New York State Osteoporosis Prevention & Education Program (NYSOPEP) at Helen Hayes Hospital presents Bones, Balance & Mindfulness, a Virtual Bone Health Conference FREE and open to the community. The virtual conference will take place on Thursday, May 20, 2021, from 12:30pm-2pm (EST).
The National Osteoporosis Foundation and NY Physical Therapy & Wellness are teaming up to host an informative and engaging webinar, Helping to Prevent and Manage Osteoporosis with Physical Therapy. In the presentation, Dr. Garry Kushnir, PT, DPT of NY Physical Therapy & Wellness will discuss some possible causes of osteoporosis, various treatment options, how physical therapy can help improve bone density and the role that strengthening your core, lower extremities and trunk can play in helping to prevent and treat osteoporosis. While osteoporosis can potentially harm any of our body’s bones, we will focus on the spine and prevention of posture loss.
