Musculoskeletal Health

Sarcopenia and Dynapenia: muscle mass and muscle strength decline that starts in our 40s

Our bodies begin to lose their muscle mass by roughly 0.5%-1% every year starting as early as our 40s and accelerates to 1%-1.5% decline per year in our 60s. By the age of 80, most individuals have lost upto 50% of their peak muscle mass. In a healthy body, new muscles are being built continuously […]

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When does our bone density start declining and why? Is it possible to control this phenomena?

For most humans, our peak bone mass is achieved between the ages of 25 and 30. Between the ages of 30 and 40, bone mass plateaus and post 40 it begins to decline at the rate of 0.5% per year. Bone health relies on two specific cells: osteoblasts and osteoclasts. While the former lays down

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