Osteoporosis Inspiration
Osteoporosis Inspiration



Anyone will find this story inspiring. Not those just with osteoporosis. It’s about a woman taking control of her life and her health and making both so much better.

Here’s the story.



Rasa Rowan doesn’t look like she’s 47. And she sure doesn’t look like she has osteoporosis.
But she was diagnosed last year.

“It was a crushing blow.”

Because normally, says Rowan’s doctor, Michele Moss, we think of osteoporosis when grandma breaks a hip. But that’s too late.

She says, “our goal is really to prevent a fracture.”

So Doctor Moss says she wants to see women who are menopausal.

“Our bone we build to age 20 then coast along from age 20 to 30 then it slowly, slowly, slowly starts to get thinner. But at menopause for women it gets thinner very quickly.”

That’s because in menopause women’s estrogen levels drop.

“Estrogen is the taxicab that takes your calcium and vitamin D to your bones.”

Without those, your bones become thinner and more prone to breaking. And Rowan went through early menopause at 40.

And Doctor Moss says, “all of a sudden you don’t have a fleet of cabs to take your passengers to where they need to get.”

Which left Rowan at high risk for fracture. But
Doctor Moss says Rowan is the ideal patient. She took her doctor’s advice very seriously and made the lifestyle changes necessary to dramatically reduce her risk for fracture.

“Rasa is a star,” says Dr. Moss. “Rasa looked at things, we looked at everything together, she decided she was going to take her calcium everyday, and her vitamin D everyday and she was going to exercise.”

Rowan does a “Ripped” class at least 3 times a week, and does some form of exercise everyday.
Her trainer, Jari Love, can’t believe her progress in just one year.

“I new the strength training would help her, but I didn’t know it would be that significant.”

Doctor Moss says, “she said to me I will come back in a year and show you how much better I am. And she is.”

Rowan says, “I’m now training to be a Ripped instructor and I have a new career path, and a lot of optimism about being healthy and happy.”

NOTE: Doctor Moss says osteoporosis is not just a woman’s disease. In fact, she says men should also be screened for menopause by the age of 65
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