Dr. Richard Obedian on Osteoporosis and Bone Health

Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Obedian discusses osteoporosis risk factors and treatments.

As an experienced orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Richard Obedian specializes in a number of treatments for osteoporosis, including kyphoplasty, a surgical procedure which repairs compression fractures caused by the disease. In spite of ever-growing technological improvements, surgery is often necessary for osteoporosis patients or patients with low bone density, who number over 52 million in the United States alone. Unfortunately, several of the factors that contribute to osteoporosis have to do with genetics or age, and are therefore unavoidable, but paying attention to bone health can help decrease the risk of getting it.

What is osteoporosis?

Bones consist of living bone cells that remove and replace weakened sections of the bones.

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