Many of us see bones as an inert structure like steel beams, yet they are very much alive.
Wolff's law states that your skeleton adapts to the stresses placed upon it.
Your bones also make a hormone that control your energy.
How to keep your foundations sturdy as you age:
Wolff's law states that your skeleton adapts to the stresses placed upon it.
Your bones also make a hormone that control your energy.
How to keep your foundations sturdy as you age:
Many start to lose more bone than can be replaced by the time they turn 30.
The National Osteoporosis Foundation projects that over 64.5 million Americans will suffer from critically low skeletal mass by 2030
This thread presents the role of strength training in bone health.
The National Osteoporosis Foundation projects that over 64.5 million Americans will suffer from critically low skeletal mass by 2030
This thread presents the role of strength training in bone health.
The 19th-century surgeon and anatomist Julius Wolff found that bones will re-model themselves based on the loads carried over time.
They adapt like muscles.
An inner process called mechanotransduction converts physical loading into biochemical signals that change your cells.
They adapt like muscles.
An inner process called mechanotransduction converts physical loading into biochemical signals that change your cells.
Strength training improves bone density through this process and maintains it as you age.
A sturdy skeleton is the foundation of a healthy posture and sound movements. Robust bones will protect your from debilitating fractures down the line.
A sturdy skeleton is the foundation of a healthy posture and sound movements. Robust bones will protect your from debilitating fractures down the line.
The skeleton is also a gland. It produces a hormone called Osteocalcin, a potent energy regulator that increases the intake of blood sugar by your muscles in response to exercise.
Type 2 diabetics have low levels of Osteocalcin.
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Type 2 diabetics have low levels of Osteocalcin.
joe.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/…
Keep your bones sturdy as you age:
- Avoid sitting too much. You significantly reduce the load placed on your bones throughout the day (Remember Wolff's law.)
- Targeted loading through strength training
- Avoid excess stress nutritional deficiencies
Your body will thank you.
- Avoid sitting too much. You significantly reduce the load placed on your bones throughout the day (Remember Wolff's law.)
- Targeted loading through strength training
- Avoid excess stress nutritional deficiencies
Your body will thank you.
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