(See my post starting with "I have been doing osteostrong for almost 2years -it will be two years next month)." Prior to osteostrong I had 3 Dexa scans. 2016 OSTEOPOROSIS, 2018 Osteopenia, 2022 Osteoporosis, 2024 23 1/2 months after starting and following ostestrong procedure faithfully: 7.2 increase in lower spine and 4.4 increase in femur. About the same increase as expected with 2 years of osteoporosis drug taking. And MY bone increase was not muddied by OLD BONE staying in place rather than being removed by my body as nature intends, because osteoporosis drugs suppress the removal of old bone by osteoclasts. SO the resulting "increase" is from new bone laying on top of old bone. Much like wrapping a rotted weight bearing post with new wood. It looks bigger and new but the inside is rotted and will soon crumble. Osteostrong bone increases do not cause old bone to remain because it doesn't inhibit osteoclast activity. Furthermore, NUMEROUS members of my osteostrong facility are reporting minor to major increases after even 1 year without drugs. So I respect her opinion - it just isn't MY experience or the experience of other osteostrong participants that I've met through my facility. And my doctor, after reviewing my DEXA SCAN results said my recommendation: Stay of meds and continue doing osteostrong program. NOBODY IN MY FACILITY has reported the GIANT increases she showed. My increase track with the same percent increase ranges for women taking osteoporosis meds for the same 2 year period. (6-8% in spine and 4-6% in hip/femur).
She is more than welcome to see my results (she said she'd believe it when she saw it.). I can share all 4 of my Dexa scans with the most recent one being 2 years after starting osteostrong.
I had ALL FOUR OF THEM AT THE SAME FACILITY. And I'm guessing that KAISER has the same training for all of their DEXA techs.
My facility has never promised any increases in 6 months. And they have never mentioned muscle strength increases other than saying that at a certain level of exertion (which you can see on the machine as you're pushing, can also trigger muscle strength increase but the goal of osteostrong is to increase bone density.
Also Dr. Doug Lucas has opened his bone health zoom meetings to all osteostrong members and has interviewed the founder of osteostrong on one of them and has recommended osteostrong on his zoom meetings. I think the exaggerations may be coming from franchises who are less than honest.
My franchise doesn't make such claims or promises.
Also this doctor seems to find the dexa scans to be unreliable? But yet the dexa scans are what doctors use to decide to prescribe OSTEOPOROSIS MEDICATIONS.
So are THOSE dexa scans somehow correct and dexa scans after osteostrong are sketchy and questionable? I agree with her about the GIGANTIC increases being a scam, dishonest, or the result of a flawed machine.
But that's not my experience and not what I see at my facility as reported by members who go for their first Dexa Scan following some number of months or years on osteostrong.
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(See my post starting with "I have been doing osteostrong for almost 2years -it will be two years next month)." Prior to osteostrong I had 3 Dexa scans. 2016 OSTEOPOROSIS, 2018 Osteopenia, 2022 Osteoporosis, 2024 23 1/2 months after starting and following ostestrong procedure faithfully: 7.2 increase in lower spine and 4.4 increase in femur. About the same increase as expected with 2 years of osteoporosis drug taking. And MY bone increase was not muddied by OLD BONE staying in place rather than being removed by my body as nature intends, because osteoporosis drugs suppress the removal of old bone by osteoclasts. SO the resulting "increase" is from new bone laying on top of old bone. Much like wrapping a rotted weight bearing post with new wood. It looks bigger and new but the inside is rotted and will soon crumble. Osteostrong bone increases do not cause old bone to remain because it doesn't inhibit osteoclast activity. Furthermore, NUMEROUS members of my osteostrong facility are reporting minor to major increases after even 1 year without drugs. So I respect her opinion - it just isn't MY experience or the experience of other osteostrong participants that I've met through my facility. And my doctor, after reviewing my DEXA SCAN results said my recommendation: Stay of meds and continue doing osteostrong program. NOBODY IN MY FACILITY has reported the GIANT increases she showed. My increase track with the same percent increase ranges for women taking osteoporosis meds for the same 2 year period. (6-8% in spine and 4-6% in hip/femur).
She is more than welcome to see my results (she said she'd believe it when she saw it.). I can share all 4 of my Dexa scans with the most recent one being 2 years after starting osteostrong.
I had ALL FOUR OF THEM AT THE SAME FACILITY. And I'm guessing that KAISER has the same training for all of their DEXA techs.
My facility has never promised any increases in 6 months. And they have never mentioned muscle strength increases other than saying that at a certain level of exertion (which you can see on the machine as you're pushing, can also trigger muscle strength increase but the goal of osteostrong is to increase bone density.
Also Dr. Doug Lucas has opened his bone health zoom meetings to all osteostrong members and has interviewed the founder of osteostrong on one of them and has recommended osteostrong on his zoom meetings. I think the exaggerations may be coming from franchises who are less than honest.
My franchise doesn't make such claims or promises.
Also this doctor seems to find the dexa scans to be unreliable? But yet the dexa scans are what doctors use to decide to prescribe OSTEOPOROSIS MEDICATIONS.
So are THOSE dexa scans somehow correct and dexa scans after osteostrong are sketchy and questionable? I agree with her about the GIGANTIC increases being a scam, dishonest, or the result of a flawed machine.
But that's not my experience and not what I see at my facility as reported by members who go for their first Dexa Scan following some number of months or years on osteostrong.