Exercise for Better Bones: The Complete Guide to Safe and Effective Exercises for Osteoporosis

As the title suggests, this is a good book for learning about safe and effective exercises for osteoporosis. The author starts out by presenting background information about bones and osteoporosis and about avoiding fractures. She also discusses exercising safely and exercises to avoid. The material is presented well, and it is easy to understand. Throughout the book, illustrations are used very effectively.A wide variety of exercises are included in the major, important categories: The book includes posture-building, flexibility, and cardiovascular exercises. Strength and balance exercises ar

The exercises are great for developing bone and muscle strength for all abilities. I found the book to be very supportive.

I would strongly suggest you begin with the beginner exercises before doing any others in the book (flexibility) one flexibility exercise was very good but the next one created pain in the knee and mid-back.Some were great and I liked there were more than my PT has provided. However, it did alarm me that the list of sports for cardiovascular strengthening indicated as low fracture has 2 that are well known in the orthopedic community as being high risk, specifically for the pars fracture. I would call this a love yet scary book. I will continue to do some of them as I believe the book offers m

Very thorough and reassuring. With a new diagnosis, this book helped me move beyond being overwhelmed and into steps of action.

the author's writing style is clear and thorough yet concise. The resources at learn.melioguide.com are excellent. This book can take you far if you keep progressing. Very little equipment is needed. It is nice to be able to listen and watch the author through videos on her you tube channel. She cares about people.

I've edited this to bump it from one star to three stars. This is because they did finally get back to me about the website and I was able to get it to work. However many of my original issues with the book still stand.I wish I'd paid more attention to the negative reviews.The book is overly complicated. It does not contain any guidance about how to lay out an exercise program and what exercises to do or how many reps to do them. The book tells you to go to her website to get that information, but the website does not work.The information on which exercises to do is based on your fracture risk

Nicely explains exercises, there is a range of difficulty and variety so you can pick and choose and alternate them day to day. They have helped me with strength and balance.

I can’t give you a single reason to buy this book—but I can give you dozens! I’d been working with a personal trainer and Margaret’s book was a back-saving eye-opener as to what I was doing wrong and an easy-to-understand roadmap on what to do right. She’s an incredibly knowledgeable, trustworthy and reassuring resource for anyone trying to navigate osteoporosis. Buy this book!