Day 5 - Wednesday, January 21th, 2009

Osteoperosis is the break down and weakening of the bones - You've both probably heard about it before but I got to see x-rays yesterday of patients with osteoperosis that were amazing - 

in a  healthy patient with strong bones their bones show up nice and white on an x-ray but patients with osteoperosis have bones that are nearly see-through

PLUS - the bones in the vertebrae can become smashed down like pancakes if not kept strong - 

FORTUNATELY - we have osteoblast and osteoclaste cells in our bodies which break down and build up our bones - 

these cells WORK IN RESPONSE TO STRESSES WE PUT ON OUR BODIES - 

the osteoblast build up our bones and they'll take a vacation if we don't put any stress on our skeletal system 

being athletic and working out with weights in particular will wake up your osteoblast and cause them to build up your bones -