Today we're going to look at the health of our skeleton and how we can support it supporting us. We'll look briefly at: how our bodies make bone what happens to it as we age how to keep our bones as healthy as possible factors which affect our bone health exercise recommendations for bone health further learning opportunities Read on for an overview of your osseous matter. How is bone made? There are two main type of bone. We have compact bone tissue along the line of the lon

(the name of this muscle always makes my husband snigger...) What are they? They comprise three different sets of muscles which make up the intermediate layer of the deep back muscles. Where are they? They extend on either side of the vertebral column, between the base of the neck and the pelvis. What do they do? When both sides of the muscles work together they extend the spine, when one side works they help us bend to the side and more generally they help us with post