Guides & resources
Clear, practical guides on bone health — and the things that tend to come with it.
Screening · 8 min read
Bone loss has no symptoms until something breaks. This guide walks through the risk factors that actually matter — the ones you can change and the ones you can't — and explains why screening rather than waiting is the point.
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Age, menopause, and family history
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Medications that affect bone, including long-term steroids and acid reflux drugs
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Conditions linked to bone loss, and why men are under-screened
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Lifestyle factors worth changing, and which ones are overstated
Your results · 12 min read · Includes a sample report
A T-score on its own tells you very little. This guide takes a real REMS report line by line and explains what each number means — bone mineral density, fragility score, five-year fracture risk — and what each one should prompt you to do next.
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T-scores and Z-scores, and what the thresholds actually mean
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Fragility score, and why bone quality is not the same as density
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Reading five-year fracture risk without panicking
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Why REMS and DXA numbers are not interchangeable
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A full sample report, annotated
What we write about
Bone health is the through-line, but it rarely sits on its own. Most people who come to us are also dealing with joint pain, recovering from something, or trying to work out what to eat.
Bone health
Osteoporosis, osteopenia, screening, results, and tracking change over time.
Healthy aging
Menopause, medications that affect bone, and staying independent.
Movement & strength
Loading, balance, fall prevention, and exercising safely with low bone density.
Joint pain & recovery
Arthritis, back and nerve pain, injury recovery, and what non-invasive options actually involve.
Nutrition
Protein, vitamin K2 and D, calcium, absorption, and how to tell a useful supplement from a marketed one.
Understanding your care
What the tests measure, what the numbers mean, and what to ask your provider.