New diagnosis at 56 yo. Looking for advice on non drug therapies.

There are so many approaches and good advice above. First I found a good doctor to explore root causes. I joined Margie Bessinger’s very affordable Happy Bone Club (online) & listen to her podcast which are both excellent! Margie knows so much about this and all the options and such a fabulous overview. She is a huge supporter of consulting with Keith McCormick on medications. Joined Onero (group in person with a PT learning to lift heavy) which has been fantastic — you can search for locations online — they are taking off in the US and have proven research studies. Learned from Debi Robison (she has an online program and podcast) Worked on my diet, supplements, and sleep. My DEXA improved greatly (without medications) and went from Osteoporosis to Osteopenia (hip actually went from Osteopenia to normal range). If this hadn’t worked, I would have consulted with Keith McCormick.

I can't recommend Keith McCormick enough. I constantly use his book "Great Bones", available on Amazon. It helps you understand the different standard tests, role of different vitamins and nutriments and exercise. It's a little technical at times but worth the effort. He also has a website where he sells supplements. Good luck.

I just contacted Dr McCormick's office for a consultation. So far, the experience is much better than Dr Lucas, who, as you say, wants to charge a fortune to anyone crossing his path. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with Dr McCormick, he has excellent reviews and I am very excited I found him thanks to you!

I actually never consulted with him but have garnered the most information and direction from his books and interviews. Please let us know how your consult goes. I'm sure you'll gain some insight. Best of luck!

I agree with everything everyone has said. I also am waiting, I have also changed my diet looked at my supplements and done so much research on the medication that's out there for osteoporosis. I also follow Dr Lisa Moore on Brickhouse bones. She is an amazing physical therapist who specializes in osteoporosis and breast cancer survivors. As many have said the strength training is one of the key components of helping osteoporosis. I have also started taking HRT which hopefully everything I'm doing will keep my DEXA stable if not improvement next May

I agree with everything everyone has said. I also am waiting, I have also changed my diet looked at my supplements and did so much research on medication that's out there for osteoporosis. I also follow Dr Lisa Moore on Brickhouse bones. She is an amazing physical therapist who specializes in osteoporosis and breast cancer survivors. As many have said strength training is one of the key components of helping osteoporosis. I also started taking HRT which hopefully with everything I'm doing will keep my DEXA stable if not improvement next May

Try fortibone. It works!

Can you share what results you are basing your comment "It works!" from? Hopeful it will....