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The PARS Osteoporosis Clinic is a member of the National Osteoporosis Foundation’s Professional Partners Network ®.

What is Osteoporosis?

Osteoporosis is the most common chronic bone diseases, and is defined by the National Institute of Health as “a skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone strength, predisposing individuals to an increased risk of fracture.” Osteoporosis is typically symptomless, and many patients with the disease are not aware of its presence until a fracture occurs. Currently, it is estimated that 10 million Americans over the age of 50 have Osteoporosis. By 2020, those with the disease, or at high risk of the disease, will increase to 1 in 2 Americans (US Department of Health & Human Services, 2004).

Osteoporosis Risk Factors

Some major factors that could lead to onset of Osteoporosis are:
Your Gender - While women are at higher risk for Osteoporosis, men are at risk, too.		Your Age - After age 45, any non-traumatic fracture could be linked to low bone mass.
Tobacco use		Low Calcium and Vitamin D intake
Sedentary lifestyle		Use of medications that contribute to bone loss


Eating foods containing high levels of Calcium and Vitamin D is important for people of all ages to develop and maintain healthy bones.

Osteoporosis: Preventable & Treatable

Osteoporosis is not an inevitable aspect of aging. Through bone mass measurement testing to evaluate individual conditions or level of risk for the disease, individualized evaluation, lifestyle and nutritional counseling, PARS Osteoporosis Clinic patients receive guidance designed to prevent or treat Osteoporosis.

Learn More

Want to learn more about Osteoporosis? The following are links to websites which can help you to learn more about the disease, treatments, and prevention:

Osteopososis causes weak bones. When your bones are weakened (low bone mass), you are at a heightened risk of a fracture. Any bone is at risk of fracture. The most common Osteoporosis-related fractures are of spinal vertebrae, bones of the arms, and hips.