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Map to Find a Safe Exercise Practitioner
02/08/10
If your patient has been diagnosed with osteoporosis or low bone mass, you want them to step up their prevention strategies. One of the most important is weight bearing exercise particularly activities that improve posture and balance.
Not all exercises are recommended and not all exercise practitioners have been trained in how to help you. Share these questions with your patients so they can ask their trainers or therapists or view this Map to find recommended safe exercise practioners for osteoporosisin in your area.
These practitioners have been trained in programs that focus specifically on safe movement for patients at risk of fracture from osteoporosis.