Bone health is often addressed only after a fracture occurs, leaving a large gap between scientific knowledge and everyday clinical practice. In this episode of The Bone Health Basement Tapes, we sit down with Dr. Shannon Carpenter, an orthopedic surgeon who took an unconventional path—building a clinical practice dedicated specifically to bone health.

Dr. Carpenter founded The Bone Health Clinic to focus on early identification of skeletal risk, comprehensive evaluation, and long-term management of bone health. Rather than treating fractures alone, her model is designed to identify patients at risk before those fractures happen.

The conversation explores what led an orthopedic surgeon to move upstream into prevention, the operational realities of building a dedicated bone health practice, an ...