Cycling causes brittle bones

[Louis for real]

cycling causes brittle bones,smoking causes lung cancer,alcohol causes liver damage,sweets are bad for your teeth, but don't stress because that's also bad for you

[Peach.]

I must have been a test subject without my knowledge.

[V12man]

milky4130, on 15 Nov 2014 - 8:31 PM, said:

hahaha is that the new word to describe fat people?

You got me worried now as i fall into the super skinny high mileage category & just recently fractured a finger on a very simple front wheel wash out.

Go find a bone density scanner - worth a check.

 

But fingers are not typically affected as much as the large bones - go and have the test and let us know.

 

Women of course should have this tested regularly anyway once they approach menopause and after that - like men should do prostate tests.... it's important.

[V12man]

TALUS, on 16 Nov 2014 - 1:59 PM, said:

BTW: that op was really badly done. He will get a total replacement of the hip in less than a year. He will still cycle a lot in the years to come.

I did not look at the article till I saw your post.....

 

F... me sideways, that picture does not look good.... can't see that lasting..... especially if he is osteoporotic already..

[Dirkitech]

Was forwarded this link very recently.

 

And I recall reading similar material some time back.

 

http://www.plasticsurgeoncapetown.com/cycling-causes-brittle-bones.php

 

Any of our medical hubbers care to comment?

 

I would have thought that MTBing, with all its bouncing about, would have worked the other way - promoting bone densification. (given that you don't run out of talent of course...)

thanks op, for scaring alerting me. I know i'm grateful for you sharing this post =)

time to fix the o'le weight machine and start jogging again

 

I've read the powerplate training can help with bone density.

 

Calcium needs to be taken w Magnesium for better absoption as far as I remember.

 

I do some light boxing with a punching bag now and then, but I guess I should go take a jog every now and then as well.

kick the bag =D

also, could you provide a link re Calcium with magnesium intake please

[MrJacques]

I can't remember the specific site I read it on, but from what I remember calcium needs to be taken with magnesium for better absorption and regulating how much calcium is absorbed. They said calcium on it's own has a danger of causing arterial calcification. Vitamin K2 is also said to help keep calcium out of arteries where it shouldn't be. 

 

Maybe V12man can help a bit more with this info.

[V12man]

Maybe V12man can help a bit more with this info.

I think it is fairly individualised depending on your diet and location - for example the fluoride concentration of drinking water does have an effect - but for what it's worth.,,

 

http://www.fao.org/docrep/w7336t/w7336t07.htm

 

And if someone has access to this, I would be interested in reading the full article.

 

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1992.tb00519.x/abstract

 

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=558824&fileId=S1368980001000180

 

http://almacen-gpc.dynalias.org/publico/Calcium_Position_Paper%20Australia%202009.pdf

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

I did not look at the article till I saw your post.....

 

F... me sideways, that picture does not look good.... can't see that lasting..... especially if he is osteoporotic already..

Jeepers. Just saw it now. WTF was the doc thinking doing it like that? I'm not even a doc and I can see the problem with orienting the screw that close to the edge of the ball. Especially, as you say, if he's already osteoporotic. That's not gonna last long at all. And the integrity of the ball, now that that's been done?!