skeletal strength bone health
WHY BONE HEALTH MATTERS
by OSTEOSTRONG LAKE FOREST
- There are 206 bones in your body.
- It takes an average of 12 weeks to heal a broken bone.
- 52 million – the number of Americans affected by osteoporosis and low bone density.
by OSTEOSTRONG LAKE FOREST
WHAT MAKES BONES GROW As long as growth plates (at the end of long bones in your arms and legs) stay open, you grow. The plates close in the late teens for boys and within 2 years of starting periods for girls.
by OSTEOSTRONG LAKE FOREST
LONGEST The femur, or thighbone, is the longest and strongest bone of the human skeleton. SMALLEST The stapes, in the middle ear, is the smallest and lightest bone of the human skeleton.