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(Based on the Surgeon General’s physical activity and health report)
Osteoporosis is characterized by decreased bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to bone fragility and increased susceptibility to fractures.
- Hip fractures are associated with more deaths, permanent disability, and medical and institutional care costs than all other osteoporotic fractures combined.
- By age 90, about one-third of women and about one-sixth of men will have sustained a hip fracture.
- Weight-bearing physical activity is essential for normal skeletal development during childhood and adolescence and for achieving and maintaining peak bone mass in young adults.
- Even small increases in bone mass gained from endurance or resistance training can help prevent or delay the process of osteoporosis.
- There is some evidence that through physical activity, osteoporotic women can minimize bone loss or facilitate some gain in bone mineral content.
- Physical activity, including muscle-strengthening (resistance) exercise, appears to be protective against falling and fractures among the elderly, probably by increasing muscle strength and balance.
- In the U.S. today, 10 million individuals already have osteoporosis and 18 million more have low bone mass, placing them at increased risk for osteoporosis. 80 percent of this 28 million are women.
- One in two women and in eight men over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime.
- While osteoporosis is often thought of as an older person’s disease, it can strike at any age.
- The estimated national direct expenditures (hospitals and nursing homes) for osteoporotic and associated fractures was 13.8 billion in 1995 ($38 million each day) and the cost is rising.
- An average of 24% of hip fracture patients age 50 and over die in the year following their fracture.
- A woman’s risk of hip fracture is equal to her combined risk of breast, uterine and ovarian cancer.
The Surgeon General has determined that lack of physical activity is detrimental to your health. We all know this. Exercise can lower your chances of heart disease and stroke, increase your bone mass, strength, and flexibility. We all also know that exercise makes us feel better. There is evidence that physical activity may protect against the development of depression. In general, persons who are inactive are twice as likely to have symptoms of depression than are more active persons. The following facts are from the Surgeon General’s report on Physical Activity and Health.
Epidemiological research suggests that physical activity may be associated with reduced symptoms of depression, clinical depression, symptoms of anxiety, and improvements in positive affect and general well-being.
- Adults who spend more time participating in regular exercise, sports, or other physical activities had fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety than persons reporting no physical activity or low levels of participation.
- People who are physically active or have higher levels of
cardio respiratory fitness have enhanced mood, higher self-esteem, greater confidence in their ability to perform tasks requiring physical activity, and better cognitive functioning than sedentary persons or those who are less physically fit.
- Many people after a single session of physical activity report improvements in transient moods; regular daily physical activity is required to experience this calming effect on an ongoing basis.
Additional statistics on the United States state of mental health:
- Mental disorders cost the United States over $150 billion per year. (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Nearly three out of 10 adults persons 15-54 years of age who live in households’ report having a mental disorder during the previous year.
- More than one out of 10 adults suffers from a depressive disorder in any given year; between 13 and 17 percent suffer from an anxiety disorder.
- The most frequently reported disorders are affective (mood) and anxiety disorders; they affect nearly 18 million Americans age 18 and older each year.
- Women report a higher prevalence of affective and anxiety disorders than do men.
- Most people with mental disorders do not obtain any professional treatment; only one in five people with a disorder during the previous year has received help from a health service provider.
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For decades, Joseph Pilates worked primarily with professional dancers, teaching them a method of exercise that was easy enough on the body to help heal injuries, while lengthening muscles and improving the body’s alignment. After 1967, his students spread his method around the country.
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