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Understanding how much is safe to lift with osteoporosis
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jul 21 1:53pm | Replies (114)Comment receiving replies
I’ve been lifting since 2012. Currently, I do 80 lbs on the Romanian deadlift, 40 lb shoulder press, 40 lb squats (weights balanced on my shoulders), 25 lb sumo squats and kettlebell swings, plus a bunch of other chest, arm, and shoulder exercises ranging from 5 lbs to 20 lbs.
My only fracture resulted from bending over a bathtub (dorsiflexion) and pressing down hard on my ribcage attempting to get my head under the faucet.
I am very careful not to flex or twist and lift at the same time (as has been pointed out by others).
I am female, 5’ 3” tall. I’d assume someone bigger might be able to lift more.
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@oopsiedaisy That's so interesting that you did it doing something like that while lifting weights just fine! Something similar happened to me. My latest DEXA showed a decrease from -3.0 in spine 3 years ago to -3.7 ...it was on a diff machine and while there is possibly of error there, fact remains that an xray shows i have a healed compression fracture at t-12 which I most likely did making a bed last Sept (lifting heavy mattress with my left arm and shoving heavy bedding in with my right). I had no pain when it happened, but achiness and a guarded feeling as it healed. I thought it was muscular. Late Jan I went back to my weights, overhead and deadlifts, and had zero issues or pain and had been doing that for 5 months when I got my DEXA results and they said no more than 15 pounds and only lift with my legs- and no golf. Having more tests. Body mechanics are weird!!