Weighted vest or vibration plate

Posted by friend123 @friend123, Jun 9 12:01pm

I just invested in a weighted vest which I use when taking walks. Has anyone tried the vibration plates? Seems like there are mixed opinions on both. Has anyone seen any success with these? Thanks

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@normahorn

If you only have osteopenia, you might want to look into OsteoBoost, the vibration belt that has FDA approval. Not sure where it is made, though.

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but not for osteoporosis? Thanks.

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Has anyone had any success with OsteoBoost vibration belt? also I'm not sure if I understand what the true difference is between that and just an off the shelf vibration plate other than that of course the belt concentrates the vibration directly to a certain area of your body, which I suppose could make a difference. Is vibration supposed to help actually increase bone density and strength or just maintain what you have?

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Actually I just found and read more details on their clinical trial results which is very disappointing. While the results showed that it minimized bone loss, the list of types of people Excluded from their trial is ridiculous. Essentially anyone who is at real risk of bone loss, iow the people most likely to need this device, were not allowed in the trial. https://www.bonehealthtech.com/indications-for-use/#risks-and-side-effects --> scroll down to clinical trial --> exclusions So the way I read this is that if you are at average risk of bone loss due to natural menopause and have basically no other major health conditions or health history that elevates your risk, then this device may slow down the rate of bone loss.

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