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Whole Body Vibration for Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Aug 12 2:55pm | Replies (146)

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@bunky44

Hello ALL~
I see that we are all interested in re-gaining the bone loss we have, as well as not doing more harm to our already fragile bone structures. I managed to really help out my bone density, showing much improvement in a year. I've been faithfully doing BoneGrow/strontium and then Bone-up (6 caps a day) with added Strontium at a seperate time.. along with the vibration plate I bought from LifePro. I got the "Waver" model as it fit my budget. I contacted the company and they had a 'trainer' call me back and explain that I should use the "Waver" in the manual 1 position and in a sitting posture with my hands on my knees. That this would be a low intensity setting...and not to be standing on it, for now. As I'm still healing from the two added compression frxs...T-9,10.
I am using it this way and enjoying the 'feeling' I get from it. There are other modalities out there for this type of 'movement'..like a "Chi' machine...but that just feels good without any clinical proof of bone growth. Since I raised my DEXA score in my hips by 9.6% and lumbar by 5.4%..in one year...I'm happy with that and my physician is no longer pushing me to take the 'script' meds for my osteoporosis. She is also very much in favor of Strontium. I am also re-gaining my balance with different simple exercises and seeing a benefit really fast..as we all have muscle memory for balance..we just kinda forgot that we were once young and had great balance. We can't be as active as we once were..but keeping up our balance is essential to avoid falling. Where I was getting stuck and almost falling..I'm now not feeling that weakness and feel better about walking with my 'sticks'. I had my parathyroid checked..no problem there. I'm also going to try a CBD liquid..for back pain and to help with sleep. I tried the 'flower' and that worked really well...but don't like the 'smoke' part of that. One doesn't have to be living in a State where cannabis is legal to get the CBD liquid. I bought the product from MONTKUSH....and I'll report more after I try it out for a while. Blessing to you all...keep moving...stress less....be kind to others and yourselves....

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Good to hear that you're feeling and sounding better, Bunky. Balance is definitely critical as I remind myself after nearly tripping over yet another cat toy in a dark hallway. [I have to remember to hide them at night...]

I've restarted treadmill sessions. I have a small DVD player and find that watching either the history of Motown's Funk Brothers or Craft in America DVDs make it slightly more bearable. On a masochistic day, I set a steep incline and slow speed and groan later.