Anyone try Onero Online?

so funny to see another Onero post - I just responded to someone last week that I was surprised there wasn't more talk about it. (only been back here a couple of weeks, i had lost my password a while ago and somehow couldn't recover it)

I have been doing a lot of research on Onero because I so want to avoid the drugs .

At first I thought there were only 2 locations in the US for the WEIGHT program - as someone said, the online is not the weights, the weights are so heavy you have to be monitored by professional. But from one video I learned there was a location in New Jersey, and possibly one about to open - and it may have been since that video as done, in Long Branch, an ideal spot in the summer anyway. The two I saw were Danville Ca and Manhasset. (The latter an easy commute from NYC of course) I live in PA and the closest for me is in Baltimore.

I emailed my prior PT - she was helping me w weights but not that heavy - and suggested they get accredited in Onero but so far no response.

We should all be contacting as any of our PTs as we can so this thing is all over. When you watch the videos it really seems to work.

Here are some links I found.

anyone participating should share experience here

i have not started yet -- in the midst of other chaos which is cutting back my workouts and probably causing cortisol to spike those dreadful osteoclasts to boot - but plan to a s a p, probably driving an hour each way to the balt location

the online course is cheap enough that it might be worth it anyway, just for balance

if the links i posted don't work go to you tube and search onero and for new jersey add that PT Margie Bissenger - she is about to do the program herself so that should be interesting

I am getting a little nervous about fracturing so may do one Reclast to tide me over - tho reading the comments not sure its such a good idea, although the 3 people i know who took it seemed to have no problem - anyway thinking about doing Reclast and starting the program and by the time I would need another Reclast my bones could be better naturally

Thank you for the information. One of my biggest questions is where the people in the study not on any drugs for osteoporosis? I am trying to research that.
Thanks
Cindy

Hello @codythedog,

I combined your discussion on onero with an existing discussion titled:

"Anyone try Onero Online?"
- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/anyone-try-onero-online/

I did this to help the members who have also discussed onero see your most recent discussion and the members who have replied.

@kdbones, if interested in the online program go to the map at: https://onero.academy/locations/

I watched an EXCELLENT webinar on Tuesday night - Dr. Claudia Tamas, a PT in NJ who offers Onero. Do yourself a favor and watch!

I was so so interested in Onero - btw maybe I read it here, the ONLINE version is just balance or whatever, you have to do the heavy weights under supervision. I found one of the few- too few - PTs in the U S trained in the program is in Baltimore, about an hour and a half commute for me (the other choice would be moving to Manhasset or to Long Branch. I love Long Branch but to move for a year for this would be a bit much) . But I just read Margaret Martin article on LIFTMOR - the study Onero is based on - where she says how flawed it was. She points out that out of 600 possible people to start with they narrowed it down to 100 so you had really the healthiest women in the group. More disconcerting, two women told her they had FRACTURES doing the program. I am not sure if this was with a physical therapist truly trained in it or some fly by night outfit. Anyway I am less optimistic now than I was previously.

hi sorry for late reply The email I have attached to Mayo Connect isn't the one I usually look at - which is even more clogged - so I don't see everything . It always sounds to me like they weren't on the drugs. But you know that Margaret Martin person on the internet with all the osteo info? The one who likes the Marodyne Plate so that may be why she wrote this - she has big problems with the study. Here's the link. https://melioguide.com/osteoporosis-exercises/liftmor-osteoporosis-osteopenia/

Thank you for this link.

As a long time osteoporosis patient who has been lifting weights for 13 years, I wouldn't recommend everyone try the LIFTMOR protocol. When I began lifting, I was not yet diagnosed with osteopenia and it was a very long and slow process to build up to a level where I could lift anything heavy. I also had several muscle injuries (not bone) during the first year. If you've never lifted weights, it takes a long time for your tendons and ligaments to acclimate and become stronger.

I'd recommend starting with Margaret Martin's program (or something similar) to first introduce light weight strength training. Resistance bands are a good option as well.

It boggles my mind that the PT overseeing the LIFTMOR program would consider allowing a 96 lb woman (Elizabeth describing her experience with LIFTMOR) perform these exercises after such a short period of time.

I hope the individuals who had bad experiences reported their observations to the Onero program. It's clear that not all approved practitioners are following the set guidelines.

I've use more of a whole body strength training approach but do use the four LIFTMOR exercises in my weight training. I don't lift as much as what I might be able to do in an official LIFTMOR program because I am unsupervised and I don't have the required equipment at home.

Lifting hasn't reversed my osteoporosis over the 11 years since I was diagnosed, nor did it prevent a T8 compression fracture (not a result of exercise) but I hope it may have slowed it down. It's also given me better strength and balance, and energy to live my life.