Try weight bearing workouts that stress bones and muscles more than your everyday life says paul mystkowski md an endocrinologist at virginia mason medical center in seattle and clinical.
Floor weight bearing exercises.
Non weight bearing bodyweight strength exercises.
However the back should always be.
Finish your workout with a non weight bearing stretching sequence to help you stay flexible and mobile.
Maintain your strength and lean muscle mass with this series of non weight bearing bodyweight strength exercises including.
Bend your knees creating a 90 degree angle.
These weight bearing exercises can be as simple as sitting down in a chair and then standing up johnson says adding that he once had a client who claimed she wasn t able to do a squat yet drove a little sports car that he struggled not to point out required to her essentially squat every time she got in or out of the low vehicl.
Weight bearing exercises for osteoporosis and osteopenia include walking using elliptical machines or stair machines and low impact aerobics.
3 attention should also be made to help strengthen the abdominal muscles to stabilize the back because osteoporosis commonly results in compression fractures in the spinal column.
Non weight bearing flexibility training exercises.
Lie on your back and lift your feet off the ground.
Keeping your body in one long line bend your arms and lower.
Modified pushups leg raises hip lifts modified planks sit ups crunches and more.
Like a leg press on a weight machine this exercise makes you work against gravity.