Yvette Bennett, ARNP,ONP-C is now offering a Bone Density Clinic for the Center for Bone and Joint Disease. Call (727) 697-2200 to sign up!
Below is the transcript from the video.
Yvette Bennett, ARNP,ONP-C
“Osteoporosis is a first of all is the most common bone disease in humans more specifically it is a metabolic bone disease that characterized by decreased bone density or because of bone and poor bone quality the combination of those two that make it osteoporosis have a lot of people think that just by having a low bone density that alone or are having normal bone density that alone makes some good quality of bone and that’s not true – osteoporosis is not just how thick your bones are but the quality of the make up of the bone inside so those two go hand-in-hand for diagnosis of osteoporosis”
Announcer: You were here because you have either had a fracture because your orthopedic surgeon primary care provider or another specialist believes you are at risk for a fracture. Many of these fractures can occur while doing simple household chores, during sports activities, or even just walking up and down the stairway. We are here to help you understand and maintain your bone health so whether you were here because you have already had a fracture or could be a risk for one, we will help you to learn about your bones in the right ways to take care of them.
During your first visit with our facility we will take you through your bone history, evaluate your risks, and discuss treatment options. You will be asked whether you’ve had a bone density test before whether you’re taking calcium or vitamin D supplement or whether you have been told you have osteoporosis or osteopenia a precursor to osteoporosis. You will receive a physical examination and take laboratory tests you may get x-rays for bone density scan. You will be provided with materials to help you better understand bone health suggestions to avoid injury. At a follow up visit one to three months later, your provider will evaluate and adjust your treatment to ensure future bone health.
Did you know that your bones are made up of living tissue with it every cell in your bones is alive and continually changing. Old dead cells are carried away and replaced with new healthy cells. As you age the removal and replacement of cells slows down. Your body becomes less capable of replacing lost cells and bones become thinner this is normal. There are two key nutrients to both help your bones and prevent osteoporosis – a disease in which the bones become weaker and more easily fracture. Those two nutrients are calcium which can be found in dairy products and dark leafy greens and beans, and legumes, among others and – vitamin D which is often found fortified milk or yogurt and fish – salmon, tuna, and herring. Another important way to prevent bone loss is exercise. Which builds bone strength One caution: please check with your healthcare provider before beginning any exercise regimen. Our facility is dedicated to your health. Whatever your concerns are having had recent fracture having been diagnosed at a risk for a fracture – we will help you understand you’re bones and to learn how to live a healthy lifestyle that reduces your risk of future injury.
Yvette Bennett, ARNP,ONP-C
Symptoms of osteoporosis really here aren’t many at all because it is a silent disease. Often times you first learn to have it when you fracture a bone. Only about 20 to 25% of those patients are actually having their bone health evaluated. So people are having their fragility fractures – getting the fractures fixed and truly no one is really taking care of the underlying bone and the osteoporosis. That is why the Center for Bone and Joint Disease has decided to start treating the whole patient. We are going to be implementing a post fracture prevention program. This is a secondary osteoporosis prevention program as opposed to a primary prevention program which is what most primary healthcare providers do. A secondary prevention program is basically done once you’ve already fractured. So you are in our system now because you fractured coming for orthopedic care and now we are going to take care of your fracture but in addition we are going to take a look at your underlying bone health because if you don’t treat the underlying bone health and you have a fragility fracture chances are you will fracture again. A lot of patients will be concerned about payment for this bone clinics. Most health insurance and Medicare do a cover of these services. In fact they are encouraging our providers especially in orthopedics to provide the house to look at the secondary osteoporosis prevention in order to increase the quality of care that we are giving within the specialty.