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Stronger muscles and bones, increased mobility, lifelong independence, and a new mentality for aging with power-this cutting-edge guide to nutrition, training, and lifestyle will optimize a woman's body for longevity, through menopause and beyond.
More than 70% of women experience musculoskeletal symptoms like joint pain, muscle loss, and reduced bone density as they enter perimenopause and menopause. These symptoms-what Dr. Vonda Wright refers to as the "musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause"-can often set women up for broken bones, increasingly limited mobility, and reduced independence later in life. Indeed, as Dr. Wright explains in Unbreakable, because we tend to ignore the fitness of our skeletal muscle-the engine that drives our healthspan-our muscles and bones can get weak and crack under our own weight, sending us to the ground. Unbreakable outlines the path to protecting ourselves against this too-common fate.
Drawing on her decades of experience as an orthopedic surgeon helping women at all fitness levels to repair their bones and regain strength, Dr. Wright gives clear action steps to counteract the "timebombs" of aging in four critical categories:
Nutrition: What to eat to extinguish inflammation, repopulate the gut biome, and support strong bones and muscle growth.
Exercise: Pinpointing the right combination of cardio and resistance training for you to aid in tissue regeneration and improve metabolic function.
Lifestyle: How to manage chronic stress, get more restorative sleep, and turn down system inflammation in daily life.
Supplements: What to take to target the elimination of "zombie cells" and improve cell function.
Including a unique quiz to assess your present musculoskeletal fitness (your "Unbreakable Score"), information about baseline blood and mobility tests that will help you understand your current health state, twenty easy, anti-inflammatory recipes, and a master exercise plan to help you pace your weekly workouts, Unbreakable is an invaluable roadmap for adding more healthy life to your years. Dr. Vonda Wright is a double-board certified orthopedic surgeon and internationally recognized authority on active aging and mobility. The founding director of the Performance and Research Initiative for Masters Athletes (PRIMA), she also speaks worldwide and develops programs for optimizing performance and minimizing injury from the ball field to the boardroom. She has appeared on Dr. Oz show and The Doctors, and has been featured or quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, and U.S. News & World Report, as well as in magazines such as Maxim, Prevention, Fitness, MORE, Runner's World, Best Life, and Arthritis Today. She has authored five books, including Fitness After 40 and Guide to THRIVE. She lives with her husband, a retired NHL star, in Orlando, Florida.
More than 70% of women experience musculoskeletal symptoms like joint pain, muscle loss, and reduced bone density as they enter perimenopause and menopause. These symptoms-what Dr. Vonda Wright refers to as the "musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause"-can often set women up for broken bones, increasingly limited mobility, and reduced independence later in life. Indeed, as Dr. Wright explains in Unbreakable, because we tend to ignore the fitness of our skeletal muscle-the engine that drives our healthspan-our muscles and bones can get weak and crack under our own weight, sending us to the ground. Unbreakable outlines the path to protecting ourselves against this too-common fate.
Drawing on her decades of experience as an orthopedic surgeon helping women at all fitness levels to repair their bones and regain strength, Dr. Wright gives clear action steps to counteract the "timebombs" of aging in four critical categories:
Nutrition: What to eat to extinguish inflammation, repopulate the gut biome, and support strong bones and muscle growth.
Exercise: Pinpointing the right combination of cardio and resistance training for you to aid in tissue regeneration and improve metabolic function.
Lifestyle: How to manage chronic stress, get more restorative sleep, and turn down system inflammation in daily life.
Supplements: What to take to target the elimination of "zombie cells" and improve cell function.
Including a unique quiz to assess your present musculoskeletal fitness (your "Unbreakable Score"), information about baseline blood and mobility tests that will help you understand your current health state, twenty easy, anti-inflammatory recipes, and a master exercise plan to help you pace your weekly workouts, Unbreakable is an invaluable roadmap for adding more healthy life to your years. Dr. Vonda Wright is a double-board certified orthopedic surgeon and internationally recognized authority on active aging and mobility. The founding director of the Performance and Research Initiative for Masters Athletes (PRIMA), she also speaks worldwide and develops programs for optimizing performance and minimizing injury from the ball field to the boardroom. She has appeared on Dr. Oz show and The Doctors, and has been featured or quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, and U.S. News & World Report, as well as in magazines such as Maxim, Prevention, Fitness, MORE, Runner's World, Best Life, and Arthritis Today. She has authored five books, including Fitness After 40 and Guide to THRIVE. She lives with her husband, a retired NHL star, in Orlando, Florida.