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Probably best to stick to yoga this weekend #FridayFunny
Have a great weekend everyone 🏋️‍♀️😊🥊

Good advice from physio’s and exercises all of our physios would recommend 🥊🥇

Regular strength training can help prevent injury – and you don’t have to leave your house to do it. Four physios share their go-to moves

This photo- from MK council- shows the recent covid date from MK including positive test numbers. Good to know.

One thing that came out of today's talk at the ROS Northampton was just how difficult it is for people with severe curvature of the spine/kyphosis/scoliosis to lie still comfortably for a long time in order to have cumbersome DEXA scan. Not an issue with the REMS EchoS scan!

Our scans are quick and easy... and comfortable. The hip scan takes 40 seconds, the spinal scan, 90 seconds. Then you're up and done. None of this being strapped into position and not being able to move. ... See more

News Flash : new date for bone scanning- Thursday 29 October 2020. Please phone us to book one of the places left 🦴

Did you know…?

206
the number of bones in your body (We’re born with more than 300 bones but as we grow some of the bones grow together leaving us with 206.)

The ear
the location of the smallest bone in your body (Called the stirrup bone, it’s the size of half a grain of rice.)

12 weeks
the average amount of time it takes a broken bone to heal

3 million
the number of people in the UK affected by osteoporosis and low bone density

1 out of 3
the ratio of women in the UK who will have a fracture after age of 50

Osteopenia (know called low bone density)
the condition where bone mineral density is low. This may not be an indication of bone loss.

12
the number of bones in your face

8
the number of bones in each wrist (also known as the carpals)

20
the age at which most young adults have approximately 98% of their skeletal mass

30
the age at which you have the peak bone strength and calcium content

Coccyx
the medical term for your tailbone

50% water and 50% solid matter
the composition of your bones

The leg
the location of the largest bone in your body (called the thighbone or femur.)

40%
the percentage of adults in the UK who consume the recommended daily allowance of calcium.
Are you one of them?

Bones are fascinating.
Bones are with you for your whole life.
#beboneaware ... See more