15201 Shady Grove Rd. Suite #106
Rockville, MD 20850
Tel: 301-948-4395
Fax: 301-840-8972
Bill Rolle PT, DPT, CSCS
Linda Kuserk PT
Robert Woodside PT, DPT, CSCS
Matt Adams PT, MS
Adam Weaver, PT, DPT
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Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis
is a preventable disease if identified in its early stages.
Many physicians agree that the key to prevention is to
have a baseline bone density measurement after the age of 30.
Take our Osteoporosis Risk Assessment to
determine your own Osteoporosis
Risk Factors.
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Screening
Information
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We
use an ultrasound measurement tool called a Sahara Clinical
Bone Sonometer to test Bone Mineral Density. It’s
recommended those women over 30 and men over 45 are screened
for Osteoporosis. The patient simply removes his or
her sock, inserts one foot into the machine and the measurement
is taken in a few minutes. It correlates highly with
the considerably more expensive hip/spine DEXA scan.
Charge:
$35 per screen
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Sample
Bone
Density Report
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A
view of the sample bone mineral density report you will receive
at your osteoporosis screening. |
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Osteoporosis
Risk
Assessment
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Twenty
per cent of the persons diagnosed with osteoporosis are men.
It is not just a disease for women. Take this risk assessment
to determine your risk of developing osteoporosis. |
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Osteoporosis
Facts
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- The
average primary care doctor sees 54 women a week over the
age of fifty.
- On
average, of these 54 women, 30% have osteoporosis.
- The
average number of patients diagnosed with osteoporosis per
week per primary care physician is only ONE.
- A Gallup
Survey of Women ages 45 - 75 indicates that three out of
four have NEVER SPOKEN to a doctor about osteoporosis.
- 28
million people have osteoporosis in this country and most
don't know it.
- Osteoporosis
leads to 1.5 million fractures each year. $18 billion dollars
is spent on treating those fractures.
- Patients'
risk of osteoporotic fracture is greater than their combined
risk for heart attack, stroke, breast cancer, uterine cancer
and ovarian cancer.
- The
risk of death from osteoporosis in women equals the risk
of death from breast cancer. 50% of women over age fifty
will have some type of osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime.
- 50%
of the people suffering an osteoporotic hip fracture won't
walk again. 20% of the people suffering a hip fracture die
within one year.
- Almost
half of women 65 and older suffering an osteoporotic fracture
of the hip die within the first year.
- 250
million women worldwide have osteoporosis now.
- By
the year 2020, the number of women affected is projected
to double Bone mineral density (BMD) testing is the only
practical way to detect low bone mass
Source - World Health Organization and National Osteoporosis
Foundation
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