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Whole Body Vibration for Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Aug 12 2:55pm | Replies (146)
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@melia7

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I would like to add my own evidence about using a vibration platform because I wanted to avoid taking medicines. I used Marodyn Liv platform for about 14 months, and I also took during this period calcium (600-800mg), vit. D, collagen, vit.K2 and Mg. In addition I visited training center or walked about 6 km a day. Today I have done my DEXA scan. The results were following. For hip T score changed from -2 to 1.9. However, the spine T score worsened dramatically, from -1,6 to -3,0. I shall visit my doctor to find his explanations, but it appears that my most powerful weapon that I hoped for (vibration) did not work for me.

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sallyj2 | @sallyj2 | May 11 11:59am

I had the same thing happen only I did intensive exercise and hrt, still a significant drop and now some new symptoms from
Hrt. My endo warned me I could not exercise, eat, or take hormones to fix this. He was correct. Wish the meds weren’t so scary.

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awfultruth | @awfultruth | May 14 2:31pm

@melia7 Hi, I had a similar experience. I used the Marodyne starting with the 10 min a day and working up to two 7-10 minute sessions per day. I also was doing heel drops about 5 days a week and doing what I could with food and supplements though I'm very restricted there due to food sensitivities. End result was I lost 9% density since the previous scan (16 months prior). I had the DXAs checked by Lani Simpson in case there was a mistake. Nine percent is a scary big loss though if the DXAs were only a year apart it would have been less of a loss. Lani thought the DXA's were good, meaning I was losing bone fast. For me LIV and also heel drops were not helpful.
I had not used any osteo drugs prior to this. After this I finally decided to do Evenity and I'm 7 shots in on that. I'm also doing a modified version of Belinda Beck's Liftmor weight training program for bone loss along with several other exercise methods. No vibration and no heel drops this time around. Fingers crossed. Best of luck to you!

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