Starting at age 30, bone and muscle loss begins. Osteoporosis is a medical condition characterized by the weakening of bones, making one more susceptible to fractures. Osteoporosis is often referred to as a silent disease because it progresses slowly and does not cause noticeable symptoms in the early stages. However, as the condition advances, symptoms may include back pain, loss of height, stooped posture, and a higher incidence of bone fractures.

Research has shown that one in two women over age 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis, and a man over 50 is more likely to break a bone due to osteoporosis than he is to get prostate cancer.

Medication is an option, but naturally helping bone growth requires implementing proper lifestyle changes. In the 1800s, German physician Dr. Julius Wolff discovered that bones adapt to heavy loading. Hence, medical doctors understand and recommend their patients do weight-bearing exercises for new bone growth. However, it wasn’t until 2012 that a study by Deere and Tobias discovered that a minimum of 4.2 times one’s body weight is necessary to trigger bone growth in the hip joint—the most important place to avoid fracture.

Simple weight-bearing exercises, unless done more than 4.2 times one’s weight, are unable to produce osteogenesis (bone growth). OsteoStrong has a program that allows one to push and pull multiple times one’s body weight safely to achieve the minimum requirement for osteogenic loading (heavy loading). First-time sessions are always complimentary.

Location: 951 Haddonfield Rd., Ste. 3B, Cherry Hill. For more information,
call 856-759-1000 or visit
www.OsteoStrongSJ.com.