I have a small fracture of the tibia (osteoporosis). Should I avoid walking or w!


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I have a small fracture of the tibia (osteoporosis). Should I avoid walking or will it heal with calcium ?

It's a very small fracture. It was hardly visible on the MRI. It's the upper plateau of the tibia. I'm a young male (42) which is rather odd for osteoporosis. I've been only recently diagnosed and given 2g of calcium daily + vitamin D3 + fosamax.I have contradictory opinions from my doctors. Some say the more you rest, the sooner you'll recover, others say keep on walking but don't do a marathon. The way I see it is that pressure on the fracture has no reason to enlarge it. For me it's only a matter of refilling it with calcium, which I had never been given before. Am I right?


Answers:

you exercise joints to keep them from getting stiff after surgery, but it's not the same as what you have. with your bone being weakened with that fracture and osteoporosis, it's likely that putting pressure on the bone could cause more damage.




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