In your 30s, your bone mass can begin to decrease. As your bone mass decreases, bones weaken. As bones weaken, there tends to be a greater chance for fracture. Bones of the spine, hips, and wrist are common sites of fracture due to bone breakdown. Bone health can often deteriorate from the decline of bone mass that usually occurs with aging.
Optimal prevention includes exercise, good nutrition, and early detection.
OsteoCheck is a unique and powerful way for you to get a jump on keeping your bones healthy. This noninvasive and inexpensive health screen provides the accuracy of a laboratory analysis without you having to leave the comfort of your own home. Using a urine sample, OsteoCheck assesses your rate of bone loss by measuring a chemical that appears in urine during bone breakdown. The greater the amounts of this biochemical marker that are found in your urine, the greater your rate of bone loss. When you order your health screen, we'll send a complete kit to you.