notbob > wrote in
:

> On 2009-09-02, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
>> I'd hardly call it whining. And if you read the OP he did state that he
>> was considering giving up riding lessons.
>
> It's a good idea. My brother broke his same collar bone (clavicle)
> twice racing motocross. Doc said if you break it again, I may not be
> able to mend it at all, next time. That bone is not a thick heavy
> bone like a leg bone (tibia), but flat and thin (relatively). Maybe
> they have better medical options, now. Ask one of our nurses.
>
> nb
>


http://www.homemademedicine.com/home...-fracture.html

"NOTE: Bone mass increases continually throughout life until approximately
30-40 years of age. In later years, net bone loss occurs when bone
resorption exceeds the amount of bone formed. In fact, bones lose their
density continuously each year after the age of 30 in both men and women."


http://www.news-medical.net/news/2009/01/19/45079.aspx

"New understanding on how aging causes broken bones to heal slowly
19. January 2009 02:39
Researchers have unraveled crucial details of how aging causes broken
bones to heal slowly, or not at all, according to study results published
today in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

The research team also successfully conducted preclinical tests on a
potential new class of treatments designed to "rescue" healing capability
lost to aging.

In the worst cases, an age-related delay in healing keeps the two sides of
a fractured bone from ever rejoining (non-union), leaving many confined to
wheelchairs, unable to walk or to live independently."





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Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


If we are not meant to eat animals,
why are they made of meat?