BONE HEALTH SEMINAR - 01.14.2010 6 - 8 pm

Learn About the Skeletal System

Just as much as we care about making you look your best on the outside we’d like to assist and inform you how to look your best on the inside. We’ve teamed up with Nikken to bring you the Bone Health Seminar. During the seminar a Nikken Certified Wellness Consultant will go over...

When weak bones break...

• 1.5 million Americans suffer fractures due to weak bones.
• Half of all women over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture.
• Medical expenses from osteoporosis-related bone fractures costs $18 billion annually.
• The most common breaks in weak bones are in the: Wrist, Spine and Hip.
• The cost of a hip fracture can be more than $81,000 during their lifetime.
• One in five elderly people die within a year of the hip fracture.
• One in four become disabled.
• One in five must move to a nursing home within a year.
• More people will fall from a broken bone, rather than break a bone and fall.
• Are you at risk for Osteoporosis?

Why are healthy bones important...

• A healthy skeletal system with strong bones is essential to overall health and quality of life.
• Strong bones support us, are the framework for our muscles, and allow us to move.
• Bones are a storehouse for vital minerals.
• Strong bones protect our heart, lungs, brain and other organs.