Bone Care at 海角原创
海角原创 offers comprehensive diagnosis, treatment, and management of osteoporosis.聽 Education, risk assessment, counseling, and physical therapy all play important roles.
Osteoporosis, the bone-weakening disease that causes bones to break easily, affects women and men of all ages.聽As many as one in two women and one in eight men will suffer a fracture due to osteoporosis.聽 Approximately four in five women will develop osteoporosis over their lifetime.聽The consequences of osteoporosis include pain, disability, deformity, and loss of independence.聽These people will have the best chance of recovery if their osteoporosis is found in its earliest stages.
Services
- Bone densitometry聽is an x-ray exam that measures bone density to determine the presence of osteoporosis and other causes of bone thinning.聽 A typical exam consists of two scans, one at the lower spine and one at the hip.聽 Additional scans may be done depending on the patient's medical history.
- Full radiologic and nuclear medicine imaging聽services and consultation.
- Education and risk assessment聽concerning bone health, osteoporosis, and other metabolic bone diseases
- Counseling services聽concerning medications, exercise, and fall prevention
- Nutritional counseling
- Physical therapy聽and supervised exercise to lessen musculoskeletal pain, and restore and maintain mobility
