What was the treatment for your vertebral fracture?

I can see why you were hopeful due to significant spine improvement score. Same Dexa machine? Expect your upcoming Dexa scan might be revealing.

I do not think I would be brave enough to try tennis backboard hitting after a recent fracture like yours, at least not before an upcoming scan. You must be feeling good.

One of my problems with susceptibility to osteo disease is that I am told I make absolutely no estrogen. Not just post-menopausal reduction or the little bit produced in fatty tissue but absolutely None due to being one of the very few, very fortunate ovarian cancer survivors for now over 10 years. Understand that estrogen might be connected to healthy bones but with my cancer history I am told in no uncertain terms that I cannot even consider HRT.

Osteopenia was first noted 4 years after completing my cancer treatment and went on alendronate with increased calcium in large part due to my mother's osteo dx resulting in 2 hip breaks after minor falls at age 73 (my current age.) She never learned to walk again because of dementia/alzeimers.

Did not want to go on osteo meds but I was already doing healthy diet and exercise to make sure my immune system had as much artillery as possible to ward off cancer recurrence. Wish I had known then about trace elements that might have been helpful with osteo.

Sending good juju your way in connection with upcoming scan.