Will I develop osteoporosis if I become unable to walk?

Will I develop osteoporosis if I become unable to walk?

Frederick Singer (Director of the Endocrine/Bone Disease Program, John Wayne Cancer Institute ) gives expert video advice on: If my mother had a history of osteoporosis why would I get it too?; Can a doctor tell if I have osteoporosis just by looking at me? and more...

One of the strongest reasons to develop osteoporosis is being immobilized. So people that have strokes, people that have had injuries to the spine where they can't move, these people are at tremendous risk for developing osteoporosis, actually over quite a relatively short time. Fortunately we have medications that can prevent that.