Osteoporosis is a concern that many of us have these days…. we are all trying to keep our bones strong , we pop our requisite Calcium/Magnesium supplements, drink milk, eat yogurt, eat dark leafy vegetables, maybe take hormone replacement,  and do a lot of “vertical vector” weight-bearing exercise like walking. But yet, we still are worried that we might be hit by the dreaded drop in bone density. You need not just be a perimenopausal woman to lose your strong bones. A sedentary lifestyle, excess alcohol use, too many carbonated beverages can lower our bone density.   Astronauts, with sustained periods of weightlessness are particularly susceptible. Have you seen all those TV commercials with Sally Field advertising that anti-osteoporosis drug Boniva? She talks about the genetics and hormone aspects of menopause but we all know that all of those weightless years as the flying nun must have been a major contributing factor to Fields risk for osteoporotic fractures. All humor aside, lower bone density is not a laughing matter, but it does appear that the health of our bones is related to how happy we are, the degree of stress that is in our lives, but most important, who we have to lean on as a family to make us feel safe and secure.

Osteoporosis, and other bone and joint problems is a 1st chakra problem. Depression, social isolation are independent risk factors for this dreaded health problem. So even if you take Osteoporosis medicine, take Calcium/magnesium supplements, walk to your hearts content, if you are depressed, isolated, always flying “solo” as they say, your bones are at risk.

This week’s Wednesday www.HayHouse.com Radio show is appropriately entitled, “Lean On Me, Osteoporosis, Bone Density, and the Mind-Body Connection”. And this week we have a very special treat. My very good friend and “family” Laura Day, with her new, very wonderful book, How to Rule The World From Your Couch, will join me. Together we will teach you, how to create lifelong strong, healthy family ties ( and  strong bones),  even if the  ones you  came into this world with weren’t the greatest.

And in this blog, please share with me, how you have struggled and possibly succeeded with osteoporosis and other bone problems.

If you are struggling vertebrally please join me for Wed’s Hay House Radio show to lean all the latest mindbody and medical intuitive solutions.

Did you think that osteoporosis is just about calcium and menopause?

If you listened to all those Sally Field commercials about the drug Boniva you’d begin to think so. Actually, the health of our bones and our bone density has more to do with how much support, family support we have. Who can you lean on? Do you have a close knit family, a surrogate family, a family that you have created? As we go into the holidays, we turn to give thanks to what we have and who is there for us in times of need.

The health of your bones and bone density in medical intuition is a 1st chakra issue, having to do with the network of people that give you a sense of safety and security in the world. If you are alone, lonely and depressed, you have an increased risk toward osteoporosis no matter how much calcium, Boniva or other anti-osteoporosis medicine or estrogen you take. You could run, hike, walk, and do all the anti-osteoporosis exercise that is prescribed, and still see your bones start to thin.

This week’s radio show is appropriately entitled “Lean On Me” and we are going to talk about all the Mind-Body and Medical Intuitive causes and solutions to Osteoporosis. Please let me know what struggles you have had with your bone density in this blog.