| The loss of bone mass in senior citizens is a serious | | | | more prone to bone deterioration and possible |
| issue that must be confronted. It has been found | | | | injuries. |
| that through exercise, specifically strength training, | | | | Wolff's law developed by German Anatomist |
| the loss of bone mass can be stopped and the | | | | Surgeon Julius Wolff explains why strength training |
| promotion of new bone growth can take place thus | | | | helps bone mass. The bones in a healthy person or |
| greatly reducing injuries due to falls and types of | | | | animal will become used to more and more pressure |
| arthritis. | | | | or weight as more pressure and weight is added. This |
| As men and women get older, especially women, the | | | | is similar to the effect of lifting weights, where your |
| threat of osteoporosis becomes greater. | | | | muscles become stronger as increase the amount of |
| Osteoporosis is the reduction of bone mass and the | | | | weight that you lift. |
| wearing away of the bone structure. Women, after | | | | Unfortunately most senior citizens don't consider |
| menopause typically lose one to two percent of | | | | strength training because they fear that can't lift |
| bone mass per year. While calcium supplements help | | | | heavy weights or endure long workouts. But with |
| with this loss and osteoporosis it isn't enough to | | | | strength training even a small amount of exercises |
| increase bone density. Strength training retains | | | | will help tremendously. A couple times a week of light |
| calcium which helps stimulate bone growth. In fact as | | | | weight or resistance training over a period of time will |
| we grow older the actual lack of exercise makes us | | | | be beneficial to your bones and your body. |