Anyone had experience with OsteoStrong, who is not a franchisee?

I took 99 sessions machines and vibration plate to the tune of almost 5 grand. Just got my DEXA...I lost bone in both the hip and lumbar spine. I never missed a session until I got covid. So I stopped Osteostrong. I am now looking for how to proceed from here. My diet is 90% fruits and vegetables and some protein as per the Save Our Bones program. I'm in the gym 5 days a week weights and bike. Dance 3x a week. Take Vit D, K, calcium magnesium. I'm 69 years old. Anyone have suggestions? Debbie

PS Actonel put me in the GI office for 2 months. Calcitonin gave me severe headaches. I am the only 1 in my family who hasn't had cancer so I'm staying away from heavy duty drugs

How does OsteoStrong explain your bone loss? Or do they make you sign a contract that indemnifies the company in the event of poor results? I looked briefly at their website and found insufficient actual reliably third-party research data for something that can affect our very skeletal structure. It's one thing if it doesn't help, while that's not good eithern, but another to end up worse off with no easy solution.

Hi, Debbie
I was on Actonel for 10 years and am paying dearly for it. When the FDA changed their recommendation to 3 to 5 years, I stopped. I had erosion in my esophagus and had to be on high dose omeprazole for a year along with no dairy, gluten and any acidic foods in order to heal. My next Dexa indicated a drop in bone density. I learned that the body takes what it needs. You have an ambitious schedule of activities (I'm jealous!) You may want to have a nutritionist take a look at your diet to see if your protein and other nutrients are sufficient given your activity level. Best wishes for a healthy future.

I told them it would have been more honest to warn people at signup that the machines don't work on everyone. I was expecting a definite improvement as each time I had not only met the growth trigger but surpassed it. They are working on a graph of my 2 dexa to see if there was any slowdown of bone loss. Its been 3 weeks since I quit so they are taking their time. I am focusing on what to do next and asking others in my situation for different protocols

I went there and it was awesome but I went to visit a orthopedic specialist and he told me that Osteo Strong would not be for individuals with osteoarthritis only osteoporosis. The staff at Osteo Strong disagreed.
Osteostrong machines were great. They had a machine that the staff would select if you wanted help with inflamation or other choices. I selected inflamation and you sit near it but it can go out 6 feet and it sends out an energy that helps with inflamation. It really helped. I will check with another ortho doctor I have and see what she says. I was going to a new ortho because I thought he did something new but he was a joke

I'm glad that you're getting another opinion on OsteoStrong. I hope OsteoStrong can cite valid, independent, third-party peer-reviewed studies that show incontrovertible evidence that this actually does do something for inflammation. I'm skeptical of claims made by for-profit entities, yet alone franchises. This is not a comment about OsteStrong, per se, but it is a question about OsteoStrong's claims in general.

I implore everyone to be very careful about subjecting their bodies to new technology that hasn't been proven to be both effective and risk-free. It's one thing to throw a lot of money at something that turns out to be snake oil. It's another thing entirely to possibly be injured in the process.

For those who doubt that dangerous stuff comes on the market all the time, do a Google search for the class action lawsuits against Ultherapy for destroying muscle. The company is in the process of declaring bankruptcy and yet cosmetic surgeons and "anesthetists" throughout South Florida are still using the device on clients. One highly-regarded cosmetic surgeon in South Florida gets phone calls from women around the country hoping to have their faces rebuilt and he can do nothing because the muscle has been removed so there's to build with. As he put it in an article, there's no 'scaffolding' left to work with. [The ultrasound 'went too deep and, instead of acting upon deeper epidermal layers, to trigger collagen production, actually destroyed tissue down to the bone in the hands of some operators.] Add the class-action lawsuits against Coolsculpt for creating 'paradoxical' large fat lumps aka "stick of butter"-sized fat formations. Both of these tecnologies had FDA approval. ]

thank you! My niece is the head nutritionist in Burlington Vermont. Since I also have RA she designed a food plan and a smoothie which I still take every day. I am careful with diet and am always tweaking. But thank you!

Hello all~
Good info callaloo! I also googled OsteoStrong for any class action suits against them. They do have their customers sign a no sue, no liable type of paper..but one cannot sign away 'their' rights of the unknown...so their cases are being heard and will eventually end up in this company's loss..bigtime....
On the subject of LiV's....Margaret Martin has a great amount of research on the vibration plates and at what "G" force they should be vibrating at for maximum benefits...go to her site or Marodyne LiV device on google. It's around 2,900 us dollars....ouch...
She has a wealth of info..sweet lady as well.
We all know there are no silver bullets...but slow and steady marching to our own drummer...staying grateful and positive has a great deal to do with one's health picture. I wish for you all to have a wonderful day today...go seek out your own miracles to build upon your joys..they are there if you look hard enough....

Debbie, if you don't mind, would you post the smoothie unless it's specifically only for the RA? I'm looking for healthful smoothie variations. My current favorite is organic yoghurt, fresh pineapple, some protein powder, cracked flax seed, almonds and nutmeg gratings.