Bone And Joint Health Outline

Meta Description: Poor bone and joint health is a leading cause of pain and disability worldwide and can lead to a downward spiral in health when an elderly individual falls and breaks a bone.

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Title: Home Health Care Helps Seniors Maintain Bone and Joint Health

Home Health Care Professionals in Thousand Oaks Help Seniors Monitor Their Bone and Joint Health

Your body seems to ache more every day. It worries you, especially when your joints hurt, but you attribute the aching to your age. Pegasus experts help you monitor your bone and joint health and potentially achieve relief from escalating pain.

Bones are living tissue. They constantly renew themselves your whole

That starts changing in your 30s. The rate of replacement slows and you begin losing bone density.

As your bone density decreases, your bones start to become fragile. Fragility leaves you vulnerable to a variety of bone diseases.

These include:

• Charcot joint - a.k.a. neuropathic arthropathy, is deterioration due to nerve damage. It primarily affects joints in your feet

• Diabetic hand syndrome - a.k.a. diabetic cheiroarthropathy, limits flexibility in your fingers

• DISH - Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis, a.k.a. Forestier disease, affects your neck and spine

• Dupuytren's contracture - causes your fingers to contract toward your palm. You lose the ability to straighten them

• Frozen shoulder - pain and decreased ability to move your shoulder joint.

• Osteoarthritis - loss of flexibility and pain in all joints due to loss of joint cartilage

• Osteoporosis - weak bones that break easily

Early diagnosis and treatment can lessen the severity of these conditions.

Thousand Oaks Home Health Care Helps You Monitor Bone and Joint Health

People too often attribute bone and joint pains to old age. They often also believe that nothing can be done. Home health caregivers know the fallacy of these

Improvement in these areas can be difficult when you’re alone. You can rely on home health caregivers for assistance.

Movement is essential. Movement helps in the regrowth of new bone tissue. That doesn’t mean you have to engage in strenuous exercise.

Weight-bearing exercise is the most helpful for building strong bones. That can be as simple as walking around. A caregiver will help if you feel weak or don’t have good balance.

Your caregiver can help with gentle exercises. As well as slowing bone loss, exercise can:

• Improve cardiovascular health

• Improve balance and coordination

• Increase muscle strength and tone

An additional benefit of even moderate exercise is a reduced risk of falling.

A home health caregiver can help you improve your dietary habits. Bone and joint health depends on consuming a balanced diet. The best diets are rich in vitamins, minerals, and protein.

Bones must have adequate amounts of calcium. That doesn’t mean you have to drink gallons of milk, unless you want to.

Other sources of calcium are:

• Almonds

• Broccoli

• Calcium-fortified food, such as cereal or juice

• Dairy products

• Kale

• Sardines

• Soy