I was recently diagnosed with Osteopenia/Osteoporosis...depending if you go with the Holologic or GE Lunar analysis. Now that's based on science right? Data collected analyzed and spit out with a BMD/t-score defining your bone health...to a CERTAIN extent. It's one of the things that guy Kevin the Bone Coach talks about. Bone Health with just a Dexa scan doesn't reveal the whole picture as manytimes it doesn't include a TBS (Trabecular Bone Score) which gives a more complete picture adding the element of your bone's micro architecture. He touches on a lot of other components missing in the final analysis he thinks should be considered before treatment.
In general his assessment of most doctors assessment of osteoporosis with patients comes down to: you've been diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis take this medication take these supplements follow these exercise guidelines et cetera.
He's right that most doctors want to use the one solution fits everybody instead of delving more deeply into the causes of bone loss which would require more testing if they're even available, taking time to treat each patient as an individual and getting to know their personal history, circumstances, et cetera. And that seems to apply to just about every other phase of medical treatment right? Doctors are taught a certain protocol and they follow it.
But I still think it is a legitimate criticism if his methods do not include scientific evidence for example before and after treatment proof with dexa scans and trabecular bone scores showing improvement or stability in a certain amount of time is whether it be 3 months half a year or several years.
Seems like most Osteoporosis/Osteopenia patients have to figure things out for themselves and if his approach adds a bit more information to help solve or address the issue, it might be worth a try.
I have started drinking more soy milk something I've really not drank much of before actually nothing. I've also started taking a lot more calcium magnesium vitamin D supplements. And I am exploring the possibility of a PMF whole body mat mainly the Hugo intense which is so freaking expensive like $7000. Anyone else try this Mat with verifiable results improvements with a dexa scan before and after?
Be careful about taking these things ( those things) you mentioned. It’s not that simple! Our body can be a delicate machine and suppeiments and science is not what you are making it out to be. For example my 12 years of DEXA turned out to be useless. My cervical spine bone was mush. It was quite a surprise! (To everyone!) I was put on calcium as a menopausal woman but then immideately taken off because my calcium was strong and you can’t have too much in your blood it’s dangerous. Too much D is also not good for you and the magnesium can be a problem too. Taking all those supplements can irritate and wreak havoc with your urinary tract as I found out. Now I go for treatments for Interstitial cystitis. Too much vitamin b12 can cause bone loss( I’ve done injections for years!). There are too many patients and too little specialists and the specialists aren’t broad scoped enough for the changing science. They have no time to figure out how we got to our condition - that’s a needle in a haystack for sure. I have an intensive history and it would be a fools errand to figure out why - as far as my doctor is concerned. I might go finds an outside hormone specialist but we’ll see. I have an excellent endocrinologist but he laid down the law yesterday.
I try to be patient. I’ve been thru some seriously damaging medical protocols and we have to look at the good they deliver versus the bad always keeping one eye on the road and one eye open for options and a third eye to use our intuition.
Be careful about spending a lot of money on something. I got totally ripped off once by a chiropractor who had a front page ad on success with back pain to a tune of $6000. Total Charlatan! I felt bad because I borrowed the money from my dad. There a TONS of people out there willing to make money off our misery and we willingly feed their corruption in hopes that if if sounds good enough or is expensive enough or safe enough it might hopefully fix us!