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January 24, 2012
We want calcium!“We Want Calcium! We Want Calcium!”
Music to your Baton Rouge chiropractor’s ear!
Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers’s response: “Yes, you do!”

Because calcium is a key building block of bone and bone mass along with Vitamin D and other nutrients, it is imperative to feed your bones the nutrients they need to be strong and healthy over the length of a lifetime! Building bone mass is extremely important and must start while we are young, particularly in the growing adolescent years. (1) Certain bone diseases such as Osteoporosis are common among the elderly because we tend to lose half our bone mass as we get older. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers teaches our young patients to build a strong bone mass as teens which will allow them to lose half of it without suffering osteoporosis side effects such as fracture. Regardless of your age and/or osteoporosis stage, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers wants to provide you with information about calcium supplementation that can help you treat as well as prevent osteoporosis and its linked problems.

Diet suggestions for osteoporosis prevention and treatment are valuable and demand careful implementation. Osteoporosis is a familiar disease among the elderly, especially postmenopausal women. Calcium supplementation is useful in decreasing the occurrence of osteoporosis.  Your Baton Rouge chiropractor is educated in the administration of calcium supplementation as well as the other elements working with calcium to maximize your health response. Use Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers’s osteoporosis and nutritional expertise for your treatment.

What are the different calcium sources that doctors recommend?  There are a lot of different calcium sources out there which include: milk, chews, and supplements. We want you to get calcium in any way you can, however, some sources are more suitable than others. Calcium supplementation has some advantages over other means like milk drink and milk chews by elevating calcium in the serum. (1) A good thing!

And what about “brand”? Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers often is asked if brand x is “ok” or not. Our best reply is to have you check the type of calcium. Calcium citrate is typically better absorbed than other types, but talk with us about your calcium supplement, whatever it may be. In our Baton Rouge chiropractic practice, we’re here for your nutritional needs and questions.

Check out this article, then contact us for your spinal and nutritional needs!