I broke my wrist on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon in the park. I was doing backflips off the monkey bars with my boys and I might have gotten carried away. I over-rotated the landing and was heading right for my tush (which is what I should have let happen) but instead, I stretched out my hand to protect my fall and landed with the full force of my weight on my wrist — my bone didn’t stand a chance.
Refusal to grow up aside, the incident (which happened a few years ago) reminded me of just how disabling it can be to break a bone.
Although bone mass generally peaks somewhere in our twenties, that’s not the end of the story. Bones are not the fixed, lifeless structures we sometimes imagine. Instead, they are growing, living tissue that is constantly being remodeled and there’s plenty to do – at all ages – to help preserve bone integrity, improve bone strength and minimize our risk of fracture. …