Bone Health Center
518-386-3676
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital offers state-of-the-art equipment to detect osteoporosis, as well as programs for the prevention and treatment of this disease.
Osteoporosis is a serious medical condition, leading to thin bones that can eventually result in fractures. These fractures are painful and increase the risk of future fractures and increasing disability. Osteoporosis affects more than 28 million Americans and causes more than 1.5 million fractures annually in the United States alone.
Osteoporosis is a "silent"
disease-bone loss occurs without specific symptoms, and people may not
know that they have osteoporosis until their bones become so weak that
a sudden strain, bump, or fall causes a fracture.
Recognition of risk
factors and early detection can lead to a decreased risk of future bone
breakage.
Early detection is important to preventing osteoporosis. Bone density is the leading predictor of a person's tendency to develop osteoporosis. Sunnyview offers the most up-to-date technology to evaluate bone density at the spine, hip and forearm. DEXA (or dual energy X-ray absorptometry) scanning, a quick and easy method for assessing bone density, is available in Sunnyview's X-Ray Department. All Sunnyview staff are certified DEXA technologists.
The test, in conjunction
with a medical questionnaire, aids if evaluating overall risk for developing
osteoporosis. A physician's referral is necessary to obtain a DEXA scan.
Exercise
Exercise is critical
to promote good bone health. Sunnyview's Physical Therapy Department addresses
prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.
The first step is to have a physical therapy evaluation. This will require a referral from your doctor. Following the evaluation, your doctor may prescribe physical therapy treatment (usually covered by insurance).
Membership in Sunnyview's Lifestyle Wellness Center is available to people in the community. The Wellness Center's professional fitness instructors will design a preventive fitness program to fit your lifestyle and keep you on track. Instructors will start you on your own personalized program and teach you the proper and effective use of the exercise equipment.
For more information
about the Wellness Center, call 518-386-3676.
Related Links:
American Academy of Rheumatology
Rheumatology
American
Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
American
Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Chronic
Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America
Sjoren's
Syndrome Foundation
Spondylitis
Association of America
National Osteoporosis Foundation
National
Institutes of Health/Bone Disease
Foundation
for Osteoporosis
American
Council on Science and Health
American
Association of Orthopedic Surgery
