Question for anyone - is there not a difference between fragility fracture and regular fracture? I have osteoporosis currently but was told in the past a DEXA isn't done until the magic age of 65 (15 years post menopause for me) or if you should fracture. I broke my wrist a few years before age 65; the surgeon who put it together with plate and pins said my bone looked great and healing was basically perfect. I asked him about a DEXA and he didn't think it was necessary. I did not pick up something and spontaneously break a wrist. I was in a car wreck and the airbag broke it; emt and ER doc said they see this type of break all the time. Is there a difference in how fractures are perceived (traumatic vs fragility) or is everyone who breaks anything in any way after a certain age considered osteoporotic? After wrist healed my PC sent me for DEXA scan, and numbers did show osteoporosis, which I am treating. Seems odd to me that all fractures are considered equally. My nephew broke his wrist falling off a scooter (age 27) and did not get a DEXA...