Originally Posted by
villandra
I'm 62, and trying to determine at what level of hip bone density breaking a hip from a hard fall from a bicycle, say a catastrophic fall or fall on ice, becomes a greater than normal risk.
I got a bone density scan, but apparently predicting your risk for breaking bones isn't its purpose!
there’s no way to predict. Certainly, lower bone density will increase the likelihood of a fracture, but there are so many variables involved, including blind bloody luck, that there’s no way to predict - certainly no “break point” (no pun intended). You can mitigate loss of bone density by engaging in some weight training - load bearing exercise will promote density increase, or at least slow age-related decrease, and muscle will help protect bone