Bones are living tissue, constantly breaking down and rebuilding.  They respond to the stresses placed on them, building more bone when there is more demand and breaking down when there isn’t.  Weight-bearing exercise stimulates the bones to rebuild.   When we are sedentary there isn’t demand to build, thus the rate of breaking down bone can go up in relation to bone-building.  This is why weight-bearing exercise is important in the prevention of osteoporosis!  Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to bone fragility.  Read the rest of this entry »

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