Exercise for women with osteoporosis: what is safe
Which exercise is safe with osteoporosis or osteopenia after menopause: strength, weight-bearing and balance work, the moves to adapt, and when to see a physio first.
Claire Hollis
Writer on training, muscle and weight
About the writer
Claire Hollis
Writer on training, muscle and weight
Claire Hollis writes Menopause Lift's guides to strength training, muscle, bone and weight in perimenopause and menopause. She works from NHS, NIH, CDC and Menopause Society guidance and from published studies, links every health fact to the page she read it on, and says plainly where the evidence is thin. She gives no treatment advice and is not a clinician.
claire.hollis@menopauselift.com
Last checked 2026-11-01
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