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Yoga for Osteoporosis: What You Need to Be Doing Now to Protect Your Bones
Are you over the age of 50? If so, you have a 43 percent chance of having low bone density.
Given all your other worries, priorities and goals in life, that might seem like a fact you’re too busy to deal with right now.
My advice to you is to read on.
After helping my 84 year old mother recover from wrist surgery, I promise you, it’s never too early to start taking care of your bones.
So many of us come up with endless reasons not to exercise.
You may have convinced yourself that working out is just about weight control, and, at your age, you’ve come to accept the way you look, so why bother, who needs ripped abs anyway?
My advice to you: choose your hard.
It’s easy to avoid the facts and very painful to break your bones.
It’s challenging to develop the self discipline to exercise regularly but a consistent yoga practice blesses you with ease and grace as you age.
When my 84 year old osteoporotic mother fell and broke her wrist a few weeks ago, I saw first hand what I’ve been telling my yoga students for years.
