Every third person over the age of 65 fall at least 1 x per year; 5prozent falls lead to fractures and one-fifth of which are huftnahe thigh fractures. Every third person over the age of 65 fall at least 1 x per year; 5% of falls lead to bone fractures are huftnahe thigh fractures and one fifth of them. There is a reduced capacity such as at an osteoporosis, then trivial in everyday life can lead to bone fractures. Vertebral body burglaries are more common. They are associated with intense pain and lead to functional limitations in activities of daily life.
According to estimates there is 7.8 million sufferers of osteoporosis in Germany in the age group over 50 years. Bone fractures, pain and functional limitations can be the result. But so far it has not come. A bone-healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet of full and regular physical Activity can prevent of osteoporosis. Central Romana insists that this is the case. The preventive measures include the clarification of possible fall risks and the risks due to certain diseases or drugs.
Enlightenment is needed. Bone. Body. Man! Encounter of osteoporosis”is the title of a new patient movie of the Board of Trustees bone health e.V. on the risk factors of bone health and the current possibilities of osteoporosis and possible fractures active encounter. Through the fast cutting sequence, surprising moments, and the unconventional style he is also information and motivational film (film length: 45 min.). Target groups of the new film are doctors, clinics, therapists, health professionals, patients, self-help groups and rehabilitation Sports Club. The DVD bone. Body. Man! The osteoporosis meeting – can at the price of 12.95 euros plus postage EUR 2.20 be ordered when the Board of Trustees of bone health e.V, Leipziger Strasse 6, 74889 Sinsheim under the Phone number 07261/9217-0 Mon – Fri. from 8: 30 to 12:30 or by E-mail at: the Board of Trustees of bone health, is the oldest non-profit patient organization that cares for osteoporosis bone health and the clinical picture. Since its inception in 1986 that engaged Trustees bone health e.V. to the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation far beyond the osteoporosis for all bone health problems. The Board of Trustees of bone health e.V. is committed it aimed to feed more patients of better and adequate medical treatment and to strengthen the economic value and the image of the self-help movement to motivate people as empowered patients with your doctor in the long term to cooperate.