Weight bearing exercises for osteoporosis and osteopenia include walking using elliptical machines or stair machines and low impact aerobics.
Floor weight bearing exercises.
Bend your knees creating a 90 degree angle.
Non weight bearing bodyweight strength exercises.
Like a leg press on a weight machine this exercise makes you work against gravity.
Muscle strengthening exercises for osteoporosis and osteopenia include lifting light weights and balance or flexibility exercises.
These workouts can include basic moves such as standing and rising on your toes lifting your own body weight with exercises like push ups or squats and using equipment such as.
Keeping your body in one long line bend your arms and lower.
Finish your workout with a non weight bearing stretching sequence to help you stay flexible and mobile.
Lie on your back and lift your feet off the ground.
Modified pushups leg raises hip lifts modified planks sit ups crunches and more.
Start in a high plank position with your hands flat on the floor a little bit wider than shoulder width apart wrists under shoulders.
These weight bearing exercises can be as simple as sitting down in a chair and then standing up johnson says adding that he once had a client who claimed she wasn t able to do a squat yet drove a little sports car that he struggled not to point out required to her essentially squat every time she got in or out of the low vehicl.
Maintain your strength and lean muscle mass with this series of non weight bearing bodyweight strength exercises including.
Non weight bearing flexibility training exercises.