I read that people with severe osteoporosis - all it takes is something minor to break their bones. Could she have developed it from not moving enough? Inactivity causes bones to become brittle I think.
Inactivity, and lack of weight bearing through the skeleton is a likely cause.
She could even do it with simple turning, or rotation through the spine, it's that brittle.
71 posted on 06/15/2005 8:16:28 AM PDT by kstewskis
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