Utshintsho ekwaluphaleni komzimba

Ubume bomzimba wakho butshintsha ngokwendalo njengoko ukhula. Awunakho ukuluphepha olu tshintsho, kodwa indlela okhetha ngayo indlela yokuphila inokucothisa okanye ikhawulezise inkqubo.

Umzimba womntu wenziwe ngamanqatha, izihlunu eziqinileyo (izihlunu namalungu omzimba), amathambo namanzi. Emva kweminyaka engama-30, abantu bathambekele ekulahlekeni kwizihlunu eziqinileyo. Imisipha yakho, isibindi, izintso kunye namanye amalungu anokulahleka ezinye zeeseli zawo. Le nkqubo yokulahleka kwemisipha ibizwa ngokuba yi-atrophy. Amathambo anokulahleka ezinye zeetyiwa zawo aze abe mancinci (imeko ebizwa ngokuba yi-osteopenia kumanqanaba okuqala kunye ne-osteoporosis kwinqanaba elizayo). Ukulahleka kweethishu kunciphisa inani lamanzi emzimbeni wakho.

Inani lamafutha omzimba linyuka ngokuthe chu emva kweminyaka engama-30. Abantu abadala banokubanamafutha phantse asinye kwisithathu xa kuthelekiswa naxa babebancinci. Izicubu ezinamanqatha zakha zaya kumbindi womzimba, kubandakanya namalungu angaphakathi. Nangona kunjalo, umaleko wamanqatha phantsi kolusu uyancipha.

Utyekelo lokuba mfutshane lwenzeka phakathi kwazo zonke iintlanga kunye nesini. Ukuphakama kobude kunxulumene notshintsho oluguga emathanjeni, kwimisipha, nakumalungu. Abantu bahlala belahla phantse isiqingatha se-intshi (malunga nesentimitha enye) qho kwiminyaka eli-10 emva kweminyaka engama-40. Ukuphakama kobude buyakhawuleza nangakumbi emva kweminyaka engama-70. Ungaphulukana netotali eyi-1 ukuya kwi-3 (2.5 ukuya kwi-7.5 yeesentimitha) ubude njengawe ubudala. Unokunceda ukuthintela ukulahleka kobude ngokulandela ukutya okusempilweni, ukuhlala usebenza, kunye nokuthintela nokunyanga ukulahleka kwethambo.

Imisipha yomlenze engaphantsi kunye namalungu aqinileyo angenza ukuba ujikeleze nzima. Ukugqithisa kwamafutha omzimba kunye neenguqu kwimilo yomzimba kunokuchaphazela ibhalansi yakho. Olu tshintsho lomzimba lunokubangela ukuwa ngakumbi.

Utshintsho kubunzima bomzimba obupheleleyo buyahluka ngokwamadoda nabasetyhini. Amadoda ahlala etyeba ade abe malunga nama-55 eminyaka, kwaye emva koko aqale ukunciphisa umzimba kamva ebomini. Oku kunokuba kunxulumene nokwehla kwehomoni eyindoda yesini testosterone. Abasetyhini bahlala betyeba kude kube yiminyaka engama-65, emva koko baqale ukunciphisa umzimba. Ukwehla kobunzima kamva ebomini kwenzeka ngokuyinxenye kuba amanqatha athabatha indawo yemisipha engatyebanga, kwaye amanqatha anobunzima obungaphantsi kwesihlunu. Ukutya kunye nokuzilolonga kungadlala indima enkulu kubunzima bomntu obuguqukayo ebomini babo.

Indlela okhetha ngayo indlela ophila ngayo ichaphazela ukuba kwenzeka njani ngokukhawuleza kwinkqubo yokwaluphala. Ezinye izinto onokuzenza ukunciphisa utshintsho lomzimba olunxulumene nobudala zezi:

• Yenza umthambo rhoqo.
• Yitya ukutya okusempilweni okubandakanya iziqhamo kunye nemifuno, iinkozo ezipheleleyo, kunye namaxabiso afanelekileyo amafutha asempilweni.
• Nciphisa ukusebenzisa kwakho utywala.
• Ziphephe iimveliso zecuba kunye neziyobisi ezingekho mthethweni.

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