Say no to fragile bones

World Osteoporosis Day (WOD), marked on October 20 each year, allows us to bring awareness and understanding to a chronic disease affecting over 1.2 million Australians.

The theme for WOD 2024 is ‘Say no to fragile bones’ which seeks to bring awareness to bone health, encouraging people of all ages to value and protect their bones.

Worldwide, one in three women and one in five men aged 50 years and over will suffer an osteoporotic fracture. Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and fragile, so that they break easily – even as a result of a minor fall, a bump, a sneeze, or a sudden movement. In Australia osteoporosis leads to a staggering 173,000 broken bones each year.

Osteoporosis is often called a silent disease, as there are usually no signs or symptoms until you break a bone.

How Musculoskeletal Health Australia can help

Learn more about osteoporosis and other musculoskeletal condition on our website muscha.org

Understand osteoporosis

Exercise for bone health

Calcium and vitamin D

Call our free Helpline weekdays on 1800 263 265 (Call back service) or email helpline@muscha.org

Subscribe to our newsletter ‘The Rattler’

There’s so much media about musculoskeletal conditions, treatments, and research that’s it’s hard to make sense of what’s accurate and what’s not. The Rattler is here to help you filter out the noise and get to the heart of what’s important.

Subscribe today and get your copy of The Rattler direct to your inbox.

Register for our webinars

Our FREE community webinars are a great way for you to hear from experts about musculoskeletal health, musculoskeletal conditions and how to manage them. Register and you’ll get access to practical, up-to-date information, knowledge and skills from experts in their fields to help you manage your condition effectively.

Register here and be the first to know about upcoming topics and to receive recordings of webinars you might have missed.

More to explore

Read more about World Osteoporosis Day https://www.worldosteoporosisday.org/