Bone Health Clinic - ICMR-NIRRCH

The Community based Bone Health Clinic was established in May 2012 at the BDD chawl, Naigaum with the objective i) to create awareness about osteoporosis in the low income community; ii) help individuals develop healthy lifestyle; iii) and utilize therapeutic measures to build, maintain and prevent bone loss using a multidisciplinary approach.

This Community based Bone Health Clinic (BHC) is a unique model to address osteoporosis while attending to knee/ spine problems through clinical consultations and improvement in physical activity / Quality of life by Yoga and stretching exercises.

The Clinic is thankful to the Consultants (Dr Ashish Jain – Radiologist, Dr S. Mohite – Spine Consultant, Dr. V. Thakur –  Knee Consultant, Dr Dhruv Singh- Endocrinologist), Dr Satish Pathak – general Surgeon and Yoga Consultant and volunteers of Ambika Yog Kutir for offering their services free of charge to the benefit of the clinic clientele.