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Here are some helpful Osteoporosis exercise tips:

Regular exercise from your teen years will help in reducing your osteoporosis risk in the middle and beyond. If you are not performing physical activity regularly, the following osteoporosis exercise tips can help you to workout regularly.

Choose workouts that include resistance and weight-bearing exercises as these exercises help in reducing osteoporosis risk.
Resistance exercises use your strength of muscle to build bone mass and these exercises include push ups, chin ups, free weights, sit ups and elastic band exercises.

Weight-bearing exercises use your bone and muscle to work against gravity and these exercises include stair climbing, bowling, dancing, walking, skating and jogging. Each time you hit the ground with your foot, stress is applied to your bones and therefore the strength of the bones is increased, which can be measured in terms of bone mineral density.

Balance exercises can improve your stability and help in preventing falls, which cause fractures. The balancing exercises include sitting on exercise ball, standing on one leg, and tai chi.

Flexibility exercises helps to attain flexible joints and prevent injury.
Flexible exercises include stretching exercises and yoga.

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Marvin.