Search Results 71-80 of 17010 for reasons for weak bones

  1. New tools to predict fracture risk - Mayo Clinic

    Bone mass and quality decline with age, leading to compromised strength and increased fracture risk. Trabecular bone score (TBS) uses standard dual energy ...

  2. Mayo Clinic Minute: What's a bone density test?

    And by that time, the bones can already be quite weak. ... Related Articles. Research. Managing menopause symptoms ... Terms and Conditions · Privacy Policy; Manage ...

  3. Mayo Clinic Minute: Exercise helps prevent bone fractures and falls

    Falls are often the cause of fractures, especially of the wrist and hip. Exercise is one of the few interventions that has been shown to reduce the number of ...

  4. Finding what works best to stop osteoporosis in its tracks

    ... osteoporosis, or insufficient regeneration of bone tissue and fragile bones. ... osteoporosis and resulting bone fragility. ... Terms and Conditions · Privacy ...

  5. Vertebroplasty - Mayo Clinic

    This treatment involves injecting cement into broken spinal bones. Osteoporosis is the most common cause of fractures in the spine ... cause of the bone weakness.

  6. People with osteoporosis should avoid certain spinal poses in yoga, Mayo Clinic study says

    Patients identified 12 poses they said caused or aggravated their symptoms. The most common postures involved extreme flexing or extending of the spine.

  7. Improving musculoskeletal health in patients with osteoporosis - Mayo Clinic

    Fear of falls and back fatigue also typically cause these patients to reduce participation in physical activities. In a study of 25 healthy, physically active ...

  8. Skeletal health in adult patients with cancer - Mayo Clinic

    The skeleton is also the most common site of metastatic disease, because cancer cells growing within bone induce osteoblasts and osteoclasts to produce factors ...

  9. Broken arm - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    One side of the bone is compressed, which causes the other side to bend (buckle). This type of fracture is also more common in children. Setting the bone. If ...

  10. Legg-Calve-Perthes disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Causes. Perthes disease occurs when too little blood reaches the ball portion of the hip joint for a short time. Without enough blood, this bone becomes weak ...