PRESS RELEASE
Northshore Physical Therapy
5150 North Port Washington Road, Suite 130
Glendale, WI 53217
Contact: Dan Pauley, PT, OCS
414-332-0707 

WHO: Northshore Physical Therapy, which has been serving the Northshore area since 1985 and is offering osteoporosis education for the public.

WHAT: May is Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention month. Dan Pauley, PT, OCS
will conducting the talk “Prevention and Management of Osteoporosis”. Please call 414-332-0707 to reserve your place, as seating is limited.

WHEN: Monday, May 22, 7 – 8 PM

WHERE: Northshore Physical Therapy is located at 5150 North Port Washington Road, Suite 130 in Glendale.

WHY: As a community service to increase awareness and prevention:
Osteoporosis is rapidly becoming a major health threat. Osteoporosis and low bone mass are currently estimated as 44 million US women and men aged 50 and over. A woman’s risk of hip fracture is equal to her combined risk of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancer. The direct medical costs for osteoporosis and the 1.5 million associated fractures is $14 billion ($38 million each day) – and the cost is expected to increase to more than $60 billion by 2020 if nothing is done. (National Osteoporosis Foundation)

On a more optimistic note, the health community can do many things to prevent this disease in those at risk and treat it in those already affected. Finding patients at high risk and proceeding with the earliest intervention possible needed. In addition to dietary and pharmacological intervention, research shows proper exercise also increases bone mass density.