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Struggling with making an osteoporosis treatment decision
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 4 11:43pm | Replies (661)Comment receiving replies
Any bone building program whether medical or physical takes two years to rebuild bone significantly. See if you can find a clinic that uses Echolight sonogram bone density which measures bone strength as well as bone density. (I found one in Asheville NC)
Better Bones with Dr Susan Brown offers a list of tests to request from your doctor to determine why you are losing bone. My endocrinologist discovered I had a kidney condition that was spilling calcium and a simple medication is treating that. I requested physical therapy sessions and now have an exercise program designed to build bone. Hope these ideas help. To motivate me I have a card by my bed that says “Forteo injections every night or do your exercises?”
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I live half the year in Asheville. Which facility uses the Echolight? Thanks.
While I'm at it, as I live in Asheville half the year and know zero doctors there, can I ask who your endocrinologist is? I've so far been taking care of health stuff through the south Florida Cleveland Clinic but that's not a great long-term plan.
I live in Asheville, so I will try StrengthX. It looks like they also offer some bone building exercise routines and coaching. Thank you so much for sharing that information!
Deborah S.
It's not so binary for some of us. I have done all the exercise, weightlifting, yoga, running, hiking, and eating healthfully, and still my bones are soft (as reported by the last surgeon who put my ankle bones back together). Exercise AND Forteo is where I am.
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Sometimes osteoporosis is just age related.
Exercises are great for osteopenia and mild osteoporosis but if bone loss is more serious, my experience was that meds are needed.