Struggling with low bone density? Our Fracture Liaison Clinic offers personalized osteoporosis treatment plans with advanced diagnostics.
The Fracture Liaison Clinic is a program dedicated to evaluating bone health to prevent secondary fractures. It identifies patients with osteoporosis or osteopenia and those at risk for future fractures, ensuring appropriate referral for further evaluation and treatment to improve bone strength and reduce fracture risk. A fragility fracture is defined as a fracture resulting from a ground-level fall or occurring without significant trauma.
Once referred, a comprehensive and thorough assessment of your medical and surgical history is taken. This assessment includes a questionnaire, lab testing specific to bone health, and a bone density scan which later will be evaluated. Medications that affect bone health are reviewed, as well as lifestyle and level of physical activity.
A comprehensive plan developed and personalized for each individual patient. This includes recommendations for lifestyle changes, proper supplementation, nutrition counseling, exercise suggestions, and lastly, medication if needed.
The Fracture Liaison will help patients learn about their role in bone health, what causes poor bone health, and how it can be managed. Additionally, they will also educate patients on Osteoporosis, a chronic medical condition, and the long-term effects and other lifestyle factors that may impact their health. Our goal is to prevent future fractures and to increase a patient’s bone density and bone quality.
We are proud to serve our community as a not-for-profit health system and our region’s largest employer by providing clinical excellence and compassionate care all over southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.