Have medical specialists been able to confirm the therapeutic effects of yoga on osteoporosis?
Even the most conservative, HRT-prescribing doctor believes exercise increases bone mass in postmenopausal women. The key, according to Kendra Kaye Zuckerman, M.D., director of the osteoporosis program at Allegheny University Hospitals in Philadelphia, is that you must exercise consistently—at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week. Exercise works, according to Krisna Raman, M.D., author of A Matter of Health (East-West Books, 1998), because it stimulates bone remodeling and “improves the absorption of calcium from the intestine and promotes its deposition on the bones.
Even the most conservative, HRT-prescribing doctor believes exercise increases bone mass in postmenopausal women. The key, according to Kendra Kaye Zuckerman, M.D., director of the osteoporosis program at Allegheny University Hospitals in Philadelphia, is that you must exercise consistently—at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week.
