The main cause of hunchback in old age is not aging, but osteoporosis and reduced muscle activity.
1. Caused by osteoporosis: Osteoporosis is a systemic disease in which bone density decreases due to various reasons, resulting in damage to the bone structure. As the body ages, the rate of calcium production in the bones becomes less than the rate of calcium loss, which results in a lack of bone density, leading to osteoporosis.
(1) Decreased bone density in osteoporosis leads to a lack of toughness of the bones, and the spine bends under the combined effect of one’s own weight and gravity, resulting in a hunchback.
(2) Decrease in osteoporosis bone density, on the other hand, will make the bones become quite fragile, when collision occurs, it is easy to cause thoracolumbar vertebrae fracture, resulting in spinal deformity, causing more serious hunchback.
2. As age increases to old age, not only will there be osteoporosis, muscle activity will also decline, resulting in muscle weakness, no sense of uprightness when young, making people look more hunchback.
Therefore, the elderly should measure their bone density regularly, take calcium and vitamin D under the guidance of a doctor, and, at the same time, supplement with adequate protein. In addition, strengthening the core and back muscles can stabilize and protect the spine to avoid osteoporotic thoracolumbar fractures.