When someone is diagnosed with osteoporosis there is a concern regarding fracture risk. Some people find out about their osteoporosis diagnosis when they sustain a low-trauma fracture, while others find out when their doctor orders a bone density test. Video only.

What you will learn:

• What exactly is an osteoporosis fracture?
  
• What are the different kinds of fractures?
  
• What do fractures indicate?
  
• How bones fracture and why?
  
• What fractures look like on x-ray
  
• If you fracture a bone in your spine what is your risk that you will fracture another one?
  
• If a wrist fracture is sustained from a standing height is it a fragility fracture?
  
• Vertebral Fracture Assessment and should you get this test?
  
• If you fracture a bone from a standing height does that increase your future fracture risk?
  
• What is a silent fracture in the spine?
  
• Why are vertebral fractures so common as we age?