Quick Q&A: Can the elderly with osteoporosis still exercise?

Mr. Lin, who is only 60 years old, has just left the workplace and is preparing for a healthy retirement. First of all, he should cultivate the good habit of exercising every day, and he will make up for the exercise time he lost because of his busy work. But recently, he heard that a friend around him had osteoporosis because of his age, and one day he accidentally broke a bone, which scared him all day. I don't know whether to exercise well according to the original plan!

Do people with silver hair have osteoporosis? Are osteoporosis patients suitable for exercise? Let's listen to the doctor.

Exercise is helpful to delay bone loss, but the elderly should carefully choose exercise methods to avoid falling and causing fractures. Doctor, answer quickly.

Cile, an orthopedic surgeon at Luodong Pok Oi Hospital in Yilan, replied:

Osteoporosis refers to the abnormal reduction of bones, which leads to the gradual fragility of the fine structure of bones. This symptom can easily increase the speed of bone loss with the aging of human body. Osteoporosis usually occurs in postmenopausal women and men over 60 years old. Bone loss usually has no obvious symptoms, so very few people will feel backache, but most people only know whether they have osteoporosis after professional bone density test.

Many osteoporosis patients are afraid of increasing the risk of fracture due to exercise, but in fact, exercise can also increase bone strength and delay the rate of bone loss. It is suggested that patients with osteoporosis can choose appropriate intensity exercise according to their age and physical strength, and pay special attention to prevent falls and sports injuries, which will achieve the effect of exercise and fitness.

If you are over 50 years old, you can choose swimming, jogging, cycling and other sports; Old people aged 60 to 70 can jog or go fast; Silver-haired people over 80 years old suggest walking or walking with low exercise intensity. Exercise time can be regarded as an individual's physical load, and the total exercise time of 30 minutes per day can be completed once or several times.

In addition, if we want to help the elderly prevent rapid bone loss, we can add more calcium to their daily diet. Sources include milk, cheese, black sesame seeds, dried fish and vitamin B3 to help calcium tablets absorb.

I remind you that exercise helps to delay bone loss, but the age of osteoporosis is gradually declining due to the lack of exercise and abnormal work and rest of modern young people. Osteoporosis is definitely not a patent for the elderly. In order to "protect the roots", young people might as well take their parents, grandparents and the whole family to do sports! (Reporter Luo Huiwen)