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to juanitalinda:
So sad to know what you had gone through! And many of us are in the same boat. But were you aware about your fracture risk before you got the fractures? Have you fully recovered from them ?

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I had a dexascan about 6 months before the fractures started. My hip was -1.3 femoral neck -2.2 and lumbar spine -2.0. In other words, my dexas certainly didn't indicate I was high risk. And I was very active. Oh well .. I guess the bone structure was lousy even if the density wasn't awful.

As to fully recovered? I wish. It seems that almost 90 pt appointments and religiously doing the exercises .. and then some, makes a difference. But it looks like the fractures caused some nerve damage, or maybe it is stenosis.
I am maybe back 60% of where I was functionality wise. And that is apart from all the restrictions so I don't do more damage. Still ... if the Evenity is doing its thing I should be under less restrictions.

@melia7 it is important to note that, in my experience, I have never "recovered" from spinal fractures. Compression fractures change the structure of the spine. Kyphoplasty soon after can sometimes restore that but I don't know what the outcome of that is in terms of pain- I was told by my doc that it didn't change that. Fractures also caused scoliosis for me. The ability to lift anything more than a seltzer bottle is gone permanently, for me anyway.

Fractures also reduce height and the length of the spine causing crowding internally, potentially affecting breathing, heart (in my case afib) and GI.

Spinal fractures just don't "heal" the way a broken arm might, though I am sure there are residual effects to that kind of fracture as well that I have not experienced.

Margaret Martin has some exercises (for payment) that address fractures. Most PT's I have seen only do massage for me.