Hip Fracture
Alternate Names : Broken Hip
What can be done to prevent the injury?
Some fractures can be prevented by following sports safety guidelines for
children, adolescents, and adults.
Bone loss, which increases a person's risk of hip fractures, can be slowed by
doing 30 minutes of moderate weight-bearing exercise a day. Weight-bearing
exercise includes low-impact aerobics, walking, running, lifting weights,
tennis, and step aerobics. A person doing moderate exercise can talk normally
without shortness of
breath and is comfortable with the pace of the activity. The 30
minutes a day can be done all in 1 session or broken up into smaller segments of time.
Low-impact aerobics and water
aerobics are examples of exercises that minimize joint stress in
elderly individuals or people with
arthritis. Recent research has shown that people who participate in
high-impact activities such as jogging have less bone loss as they age.
Individuals can lower their risk of hip fractures following
osteoporosis by:
eating a well-balanced diet, following the food guide pyramid. A diet with adequate
calcium and vitamin D can help slow bone loss.
There is some evidence that too much bone thinning is hastened by a diet high
in fat.
eating 25 grams of soy protein daily
avoiding smoking
limiting alcohol
intake
for women who have reached
menopause, using hormone
replacement therapy
getting effective treatment for conditions such as hypogonadism,
rheumatoid arthritis, and
hypothyroidism
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