I TOTALLY get that! As do I (wish there were more evidence). One of the coaches at my local Osteostrong has a physician father in a state that has NO Osteostrong franchises. I asked him if his father was supportive of the concept. He said "YES! My dad thinks it's really valid and he'd recommend it to his patients if there was a nearby facility." I suggested he talk to his dad about opening the first franchise in his state. He could hire qualified coaches to operate it and still be full time physician. He thought that was a great idea and said he'd talk to him about it. But he also gave me the contact info for a doctor in Boulder who IS referring some patients to Osteostrong. I've also read through some osteostrong blogs and others have mentioned that they were referred by their doctors.

The big issue for "evidence" is that it takes a lot of time and money to get a scientific study underway. But there HAVE been some studies. FOR ME...I really am SO anti prescription drugs (given the VAST list of "possible side effects" from basically ALL of them!) I will definitely go the distance with this. I do feel improved strength and balance and a diminshed level of pain in my lower back and glutes. Some days I don't even notice or register any pain. In fact I've been in a pain free state for a couple of weeks straight!

More and more doctors are recommending it these days.