Osteoporosis: Is It A Calcium Deficiency? The short answer: NO. Maintaining muscle and bone mass as we age is more important to our overall health and longevity than most people realize. Appropriate nutrition (more than just calcium!) and an active lifestyle work together to help maintain healthy muscle tone and bone mass throughout our lives. […]

4 Super Simple Steps to Improve Your Posture… In less than 5 minutes day! Poor posture? Worried about getting bent over or surprised by the hump in your profile reflected in the store window? Being hunched or bent over is an awkward position, but how you look is only one drawback.  Poor posture also leads […]

What Do You Know About Bone Health? What do you know about Bone Health?! Do you think it’s something that only older people need to worry about? In fact, strong, healthy bones are a key part of a LIFETIME OF WELLNESS, and the choices you make early in life will affect your bones as you age! Your […]

Muscle Cramps3 Common Causes & What To Do About Them Do you experience crippling muscle cramps? Do you awaken in the night with a sense of dread as the unmistakable tightening starts to creep over toes, a calf muscle, hamstring, or a foot arch? Fortunately, muscle cramps don’t happen to everyone, but if they do […]

Easy Exercises! Seriously, who doesn’t like easy exercises? Especially ones where you can actually feel the difference and they take less than 5-10 minutes a day! What if I told you there are 5 Exercises that are the easiest for people to incorporate, so easy in fact that ANYBODY can do them & stick to them, and most importantly…they’re effective…they make you feel good and you’ll notice right away!

Too young to think about your bone health?We think not! Have you ever wondered why there are some people who have always seemed so healthy & strong, but they just don’t seem to be aging very well or they end up with diagnoses like Osteopenia or Osteoporosis? This is a puzzle a lot of older […]

Osteogenic Loading? *Courtesy of American Bone Health Weight bearing activity is critical for bone health. The stress on the bones that results from weight bearing activities like running, jumping, and weight lifting, stimulates bone building. Weight slightly compresses the bone matrix and triggers the cells to assimilate more calcium and other minerals, and ultimately to […]

What Is Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis, which literally means porous bone, is a disease in which the density and quality of bone are reduced. As bones become more porous and fragile, the risk of fracture is greatly increased. The loss of bone occurs silently and progressively. Often there are no symptoms (unless you know what to look […]