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May 21, 2020

As your body ages, there are always concerns lingering over how best to care for it and how to avoid serious pitfalls. As women in midlife, there are various health issues to contend with but Osteoporosis is a very real and very serious issue playing on our minds.

Osteoporosis is a silent lurker, slowly wreaking havoc on your body with no outward signs that it has developed. So how do you know what to look out for? How can you tell if you have it? And what do you do to prevent it in the first place? These are questions that really play on my mind. Not having a thyroid means my bone health can be badly affected. So whilst I was mulling this over, I realized it was the perfect opportunity to reconnect with Dr. Justine Bernard. 

Justine is a Physiotherapist, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Gyrotonic Master Trainer, and international presenter lecturing on osteoporosis and exercise. 

Whilst dancing professionally during her college years, Justine suffered a back injury and it was the rehabilitation from this that spiked her interest in anatomy. She went on to study Physiotherapy and then to specialize in Osteoporosis and now offer a very specialized Gyrotonic Technique treatment from the Elements Fitness and Wellness Center. 

If you’ve ever gone into a doctor’s office or had some tests done, nervously awaiting the results, only to be met with a “mumble, mumble, mumble” of a bunch of numbers and results that don’t mean anything to you, then Justine will iron that out for you today. She deep dives into just what the tests for Osteoporosis are, what the results mean, and what you can do once you have them to help your body rebuild some bone density and maintain bone health. 

Justine tells us to think of our bone stores as a bank account that we should always be adding to so that we have reserves built up for our midlife years and later when we are more susceptible to problems. In today’s episode, she tells us just what we can do to build up that precious bone reserve. She covers everything from diet, thyroid, supplements, medications, Vitamin D right out to tips on how to prevent falls and improve your balance so that you don’t cause bone damage. 

If you already have a diagnosis for Osteoporosis, you’ll still benefit from this amazingly insightful interview as Justine also shares the steps you can take after diagnosis to rebuild bone density, and discusses how to weigh up the risk versus the reward of certain exercises for each highly impacted area of your body. 

Click play to jump right into the episode with us and find out how to build your bone bank account so you can live with better bones in your midlife and beyond. 

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