Assignment:
1) Define osteoporosis?
a. How can you prevent osteoporosis?
b. How can you treat Osteoporosis?
2) Define what is energy in physics? And what formula do we use to calculate energy?
a. What does energy have to do with osteoporosis?
b. When a person has osteoporosis does her or his energy increase in the body or decreases if yes how, how that affects to the bones?
c. Give one specific physical activity (Walking) that will help prevent or treat osteoporosis. And explain how this will help the bones and increase a person's energy?
3) A 23 years old woman will be performing a weight bearing exercise such as walking. In this case she'll be walking up the stairs.
Information:
There are 136 steps from the ground floor to the sixth floor. I find out that each step is 16.1cm tall. It took her 5 minutes and 45 seconds to walk all the way up. (Her weight is 60.0 Kg, or 132 in lb)
Calculate the following
a. How much work is the person doing by walking? And how this helps a person with osteoporosis?
b. What is the average power performed by the person during the walk?
c. How many calories is the person burning during work? Is this good for a person with osteoporosis, yes or not explain?
d. How can you relate these questions to energy?
4) What is thermal energy and Heat in physics?
a. What are the formulas to calculate thermal energy and heat?
b. What does thermal energy and heat has to do with osteoporosis, or how can you relate this terms with osteoporosis?
c. Give one specific treatment for osteoporosis like acupuncture?
d. How can acupuncture help treat osteoporosis?
e. What does thermal energy and heat has to do with acupuncture, and how could this help the body and bones?
5) What are fluids in physics and what are the formulas we use to calculate fluids?
a. How can you relate fluids with osteoporosis?
b. What does fluids makes the bones?
c. Does fluid plays on important role in bones if yes how if not why not?
6) What is magnetism in physics?
a. What formula do we use to calculate magnetism?
b. How can magnetic treatments help treat osteoporosis?
c. Write about one magnetic treatment that will help or had helped treat osteoporosis. (Show pictures)
d. How would this help the body and bones?