One out of every fifty women and one of eight men will have a fracture related to osteoporosis during their lives. Karena Lineback, a Pilates post-rehabilitation specialist, offers advise, exercises and remedies to prevent bone loss in OsteoPilates. The book teaches osteoporosis patients: - five simple rules for avoiding fracture in exercise and during daily living - techniques for finding perfect posture and alignment - thirty-two exercises, three exercise programmes, a 12-week exercise plan specifically tailored for the osteoporosis patient. The OsteoPilates programme uses gravity combined with the body's own weight as resistance. It is a resistive exercise that is effective, convenient and designed with risk factors in mind. The programme is very specific to what the osteoporotic patient needs - beginning with a description of what each exercise is meant to accomplish, called the OsteoPilates 7. The OsteoPilates 7 is elements that are at work in unison in every exercise and are the reason that OsteoPilates works: - Bone density - balance - core strength - flexibility - posture - alignment and - overall strength OsteoPilates is an essential guide for osteporotic patients, women approaching menopause, doctors, personal trainers and men at risk for osteoporosis.