{"id":3480,"date":"2019-06-03T14:37:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T14:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthopaedics.uthscsa.edu\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2019-06-03T14:37:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T14:37:18","slug":"own-your-bones-osteoporosis-and-fragility-fractures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/orthopaedics\/2019\/06\/03\/own-your-bones-osteoporosis-and-fragility-fractures\/","title":{"rendered":"Own Your Bones \u2013 Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/orthopaedics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2018\/05\/Agarwal-web-e1534436690820.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1028\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/orthopaedics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2018\/05\/Agarwal-web-e1534436690820.jpg\" alt=\"dr agarwal\" width=\"500\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re accustomed to the idea of encouraging good diets and activity in children to \u201cgrow strong bones,\u201d but we tend to think of adult bone as a static framework that holds up our flesh.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not static, and we need to take care of it to avoid fragility fractures and osteoporosis as we age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople don\u2019t think of bone as a living organ, but it is,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityhealthsystem.com\/physician-directory\/a\/agarwal-animesh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Animesh Agarwal<\/a>, director of the orthpaedic trauma follow-up clinic at University Health System and professor of orthopaedic surgery at UT Health San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>And that living organ can grow and regenerate throughout our lives \u2013 albeit more slowly over time, and often pitted against the weakening effects of osteopenia, and then eventually, osteoporosis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthfocussa.net\/uncategorized\/own-your-bones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Animesh Agarwal speaks further about bone health.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re accustomed to the idea of encouraging good diets and activity in children to \u201cgrow strong bones,\u201d but we tend to think of adult bone as a static framework that holds up our flesh. It\u2019s not static, and we need to take care of it to avoid fragility fractures and osteoporosis as we age. \u201cPeople [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"class_list":["post-3480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Own Your Bones \u2013 Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures - Orthopaedics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/orthopaedics\/2019\/06\/03\/own-your-bones-osteoporosis-and-fragility-fractures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Own Your Bones \u2013 Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures - Orthopaedics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We\u2019re accustomed to the idea of encouraging good diets and activity in children to \u201cgrow strong bones,\u201d but we tend to think of adult bone as a static framework that holds up our flesh. 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