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What would you do? Medication.
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: May 21 9:55am | Replies (232)Comment receiving replies
So sorry to hear about your fall, but isn’t it strange how that plays with our heads. I took a bad fall a year ago, slipping on a surprise patch of mud and goose poop on a lake trail. My feet flew out from underneath me like a comedy banana peel routine. I landed flat on my -3.7 T score back and banged my head. After assuming I would now crumble and my life would be forever changed, I got up and walked a half mile to my car…filthy but in one piece. Suffered incredibly painful glutes for a few weeks but that was it. So do we look at these near misses as better indicators of bone health than a standard deviation from a 30 year old, or do we just feel lucky, or both? I’m not smugly saying this is wise, but it did make me hesitate even more before starting medications that might make me feel icky enough to not workout, which is likely what strengthened my glutes enough that they fired up and protected my lumbar?! Throw the dice!
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@glojo, I'm right there with you. When I started this thread one month ago, I referenced a few fracture-less falls I'd taken while preparing for a long hike that I completed in September (diagnosed in October). Those falls made me wonder about my actual bone health despite my low DXA hip score and, further, if I could somehow impair good bone by taking medicine if I really don't need it due to good bone quality. I participated in an excellent webinar yesterday with Debi Robinson (Bone Health Expert, Certified Yoga Therapist C-IAYT, Certified Health Coach FDN-P at Functional Diagnostic Nutrition®). She referenced my body size indicating that smaller framed people are likely to come up with low DXA scores. So I DO feel extremely lucky and the fall DID increase the faith I have in my bones. At the same time, I don't want to be stupid about this because once you fracture, troubles compound. My most recent idea is to fly to CA to see an integrative medicine specialist (Kim Millman, MD) so I can get both perspectives (natural remedies + meds if necessary). I've been all over the place in my thinking, as many of us have. I'm so glad I have taken time to educate myself, and to narrow down the list of people I follow and whose opinions I trust.
Thank you for sharing this experience and your insight.. I can relate. My trainer reminds me that I also have an 82% chance of NOT experiencing a vertebrae fracture rather than an 18% chance of having one in the next 10 years (I am 71 years old) without medicating.
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I think twisting and contorting are more of a risk than falls, from my personal experience. And opening windows, bending over to lift things, etc. Excessive weight too.