Osteoporosis is a progressive disease that diminishes the amount of bone and the bone that is left is lighter and more porous.
Bone is a living tissue that continually renews itself throughout life.
There are two types of bone cells that are important to the health of the bones, osteoclasts and osteoblasts. Osteoclast cells continually travel through the bone looking for older bone in need of renewal. They dissolve or resorb the old bone leaving small spaces behinds. Osteoblasts then move into these spaces and fill these spaces with new bone. This remarkable process is referred to as remodeling and is the mechanism for the repair abilities and continuing strength of our bones.