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@robertov Thanks! I hate walking past my bike hanging from the garage ceiling and hope to be back on it. I was three months past left knee replacement two years ago when I test rode an elliptical bike at the suggestion of my PT. I lost my balance, had a perfect fall on a concrete walk, and broke my hip. The hip replacement went well but somehow I lost balance on that side. I'm practicing mounting my stationary bike from the right side with the intent to do the same on my road bike. I'm concerned enough about falls that I am naturally hesitant. I have 60-90 min. weekday exercise plans that hopefully will help me avoid the typical muscle loss while on ADT. Just 3-1/2 more months....
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@jime51 Sounds to me you have a plan! I would use a stationary bike. While it is nice riding on our bike path, I also worry about my balance. I used a stationary at the gym when I was going and given the amount of time I was actually riding is was perfectly suitable and low likelihood of a fall :-). My friend and neighbor was put on a treadmill by his PT and fell fracturing bones in one leg. He is now laid up with no movement and he is much older than I. Sometimes these PT are not a smart as they should be.
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Have you had a DEXA scan to see how well your bones are doing?. Breaking a hip like that seems to have been a little bit too easy. If you get a DEXA scan, it gives you a percentage chance of your breaking a hip? Being on ADT really messes that up but I don’t think you’ve been on ADT long enough to really have serious bone loss due to it.
I know in my case four years after I started taking ADT my chance of a hip fracture was 2.9% according to a DEXA scan. I’m having another one in the next six months. I’m really interested in seeing what’s going on..
I have fallen a few times in the last couple of years, but have never broken anything. Had really sore muscles for three or four weeks in a couple of cases, but nothing broke, And they were all falls on hard surfaces. One time it was right on my hip. I have been taking bone strengtheners for the last seven years, Really an important thing when it comes to being on ADT for a long time.