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Understanding how much is safe to lift with osteoporosis
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: May 1 4:24pm | Replies (68)Comment receiving replies
My chiropractor (who does ultrasound and TENS on me, but no adjustments) tells me to stay away from the weights and just use resistance bands. My spine was -4.8 at last DEXA. I am on month 9 of Evenity and will have another DEXA in August. Not sure what I'll do after Evenity. Endo says Reclast, but I've read so many stories of side effects here, I am very hesitant....
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@callmekate You chiropractor may be out of date. Professor Belinda Beck explains why in this video presentation with OsteoBoston. Dr. Beck led the LIFTMOR trials. She is an engaging down-to-earth speaker with a lovely Aussie accent, so this is a fun video also.
Excerpt from about 20 minutes in:
" ... doctor is thinking well I have a patient who looks like this they're very very frail. And I've got animal researchers telling me that if I want this person to gain bone they got to load them up. That makes me very very nervous. The trouble is that nervousness makes us prescribe "safe". What we think is safe exercise for osteoporosis are exactly the kinds of exercises that ... are all low intensity exercises which the animal research has shown us does not stimulate bone. "
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@callmekate I've had 2 Reclast infusions and am due for 3rd this summer. No problems whatsoever. I wish I had started with Evenity but didn't due to former endo never explaining my options.