Fact sheets, booklets and information films

We have lots of fact sheets and booklets available to download and print, covering everything from general bone health, to diagnosing osteoporosis and fragility fractures, to osteoporosis drug treatments and living with spinal fractures.

We also have a number of information films, which have been developed together with people who have experience of osteoporosis and fractures, and who understand what you might be going through – as well as our very popular series of exercise films.

You can find links to all of our downloadable fact sheets and booklets, and our information films, on this page.

There's also information for support group or event organisers who want to order publications, and for health professionals who want resources to share with patients.

Introductory booklets

• Better bone health for everybody - including calcium and vitamin D
• About osteoporosis and weaker bones - including drug treatments
• Getting your bones checked to keep them healthy
• Help for pain and other symptoms caused by spinal fractures

Bone health

• Better bone health for everybody

Food and nutrients

• Calcium supplements and tests
• Vitamin D supplements and tests
• Further food facts and bones

Exercise

• About exercise for osteoporosis
• Before and after exercise
• Exercises to promote bone and muscle strength
• Exercises to improve balance and muscle strength
• Exercises for back pain after spinal fractures
• Exercises to help with posture
• Moving and lifting safely
• Pilates modifications with osteoporosis
• Bending forward with osteoporosis

Therapies

• Vibration therapy
• Complementary therapies for bone health

Bone-strengthening drug treatments

• About osteoporosis and weaker bones
• Alendronate
• Denosumab
• Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
• Ibandronate
• Raloxifene
• Risedronate
• Romosozumab
• Strontium ranelate
• Teriparatide
• Zoledronate

Rare side effects of some drug treatments

• Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ)
• Atypical thigh bone fractures

Scans and tests

• Getting your bones checked to keep them healthy
• Bone density scanning
• Bone markers

Living with osteoporosis and fractures

Pain management

• Help for pain and other symptoms caused by spinal fractures
• Pain relieving drugs
• Managing persistent pain
• Complementary therapies for pain
• Percutaneous vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty

Daily living

• Our information resources
• Daily living after fractures
• Out and about after fractures
• Travel insurance and osteoporosis
• Employment and osteoporosis
• Social care and support
• Caring for someone with fractures
• Financial help after fractures
• Hip protectors
• Clothing, body image and osteoporosis

Risk factors

• Getting your bones checked to keep them healthy
• Anorexia nervosa
• Anti-epileptic drugs
• Breast cancer treatments
• Coeliac disease
• Depo Provera
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Steroids (glucocorticoids)
• Thyroid disease
• Transgender people and osteoporosis

Osteoporosis and other conditions

• About osteoporosis and weaker bones
• Osteoporosis in children
• Pregnancy associated osteoporosis
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteogenesis imperfecta
• Complex regional pain syndrome

Information films

About osteoporosis

• What is osteoporosis? (Optional subtitles: Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Welsh)
• How is osteoporosis diagnosed? (Optional subtitles: Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Welsh)
• How is osteoporosis treated? (Optional subtitles: Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Welsh)
• How do I keep my bones healthy? (Optional subtitles: Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Welsh)

Spinal fractures

• Understanding your spinal fracture (Optional subtitles: Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Welsh)
• Living with spinal fractures
• Living with pain from spinal fractures
• Spinal fractures: taking care of your body
• Coughing safely and comfortably with spinal fractures

Exercise

• Warm up exercises
• Cool down stretches
• Exercises to promote bone and muscle strength
• Exercises to improve balance and muscle strength
• Exercises for back pain after spinal fractures
• Exercises to help with posture
• How to get down to and up from the floor
• Using the hip hinge to bend safely
• How to lift safely
• Bending forward with osteoporosis (flexion)
• Pilates exercises – modifications with osteoporosis
• New films on exercise for bone strength 
• New 'Dance for your bones' 

Resources for support groups

If you need printed publications for your support group meetings, you can request the following resources:

• Healthy living for strong bones
• An introduction to osteoporosis
• ‘We’re here to help’ leaflets (inviting people to contact us for a free information pack)
• Specialist Nurse service business card - a handy wallet-sized card with details of our services

We also have a selection of awareness posters.

To order copies, email hpvolunteerbulkorders@theros.org.uk with the quantity you want (maximum 100 of each resource), as well as the full address, name and contact number to aid delivery.