Is Osteoporosis a risk for Cyclists

And what to do about it.

When I was invited for a bone density scan at my local NHS Hospital, I joked that I was being treated like some frail, little old man.

I had been called in after breaking my wrist when I stupidly failed to properly un-clip from my pedals. Then, out running, I broke a finger and a bone in my hand slipping on mud. Two fractures in 3 months and I was a mark…