OSTEOPOROSIS

What Is Osteoporosis?
How strong are your bones? You may have no idea until something as innocent as bending down to tie your shoe or opening a window that’s stuck causes a bone to snap. Suddenly, you become painfully aware that you have osteoporosis. Osteoporosis, a condition that thins and weakens bones, affects 10 million Americans.
 
Each year, it is to blame for more than 1.5 million fractures in the United States, with most of these breaks occurring in the hips, spine, and wrist. The burden of these fractures is heavy. In the United States, the direct health care costs associated with them tallies about $12–18 billion a year. The personal toll varies. For some, a broken bone may mean only temporary discomfort, but for others — particularly older adults — it’s more severe. The result may be long-lasting pain, deformity, a lower quality of life, and even complications such as pneumonia or blood clots. Vertebral fractures not only are painful, but they can also bend the spine, causing a stooped posture that can distort your abdomen and lead to respiratory and gastrointestinal problems. Hip fractures are usually the most serious breaks of all — often making the once-simple activities of daily living impossible, leading to loss of independence and isolation, and in some cases requiring long-term nursing home care.
 
But you don’t have to wait until the damage is done to fight this disease.

For appointments, please contact 800.322.2222 for a clinic near you.

Clinic locations for the Bone Density test is as follows:
Washington & Los Angeles
Tuesdays // Martes
9 am  - 12 noon
213-741-0400
 
East Los Angeles
Mondays // Lunes 
9 am - 12 noon
323-268-6887
 
Huntington Park
Wednesdays // Miercoles
9 am  - 12 noon
323-582-4980

This schedule is on a bi-weekly basis.  Make sure to call and set up an appointment!
800.322.2222