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Osteoporosis and Frax score?

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Aug 26, 2023 | Replies (49)
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@lamay

Hi Timely,

What is the TBS score? I don't think I had that, sounds similar to Frax?
I wasn't getting enough calories, nor calcium, have absorption issues so even with high supplementation my D3 is always low, I'm stuffing in the food now, hope to gain weight, and counting 1200 mg of daily calcium, hoping that I'm absorbing more. Currently I'm working on an online balance program, started doing Dr. Fishman's 12 yoga poses for bones (sounds to good to be true though), squats with a weight, and I meet with a personal trainer next week to get a program started to build muscle and hopefully slow bone loss. It's all new to me. I've recently heard of vibration therapy the astronauts do for bone loss, but don't know much about it.
Thank you for your thoughts and info. on TBS, I will look into that.

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gigi4 | @gigi4 | Jun 10, 2023

A great way to get Vitamin D is by sitting in the sun 10 - 20 minutes daily or as often as you can. Morning sun is best.

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Teri | @tsc | Jun 10, 2023

Hi @lamay, The Marodyne LIV (Low Intensity Vibration) Platform Exerciser was developed in conjunction with NASA to assist astronauts with bone density issues. There have been some posts about it in different discussions here and some Connect members have purchased the machines (they're pricey). Margaret Martin has posted an indepth interview with the doctor who developed it which you can find by Googling. There's also a link to it here somewhere.
I also do Dr. Fishman's 12 Poses everyday, either Series I or Series II. TBS is the Trabecular Bone Score. Bone has an outside layer, measured by the DEXA, bone quantity, and inside it is the trabecular bone, bone quality, the microarchitecture of the bone. Dr. Fishman gave a lecture last week and stated that TBS will replace DEXA as a predictor of fracture.
There is also another doctor posting about bone health, a retired orthopedic surgeon, Doug Lucas and he talks about the importance of protein (preferably animal protein) in building bone. (I don't eat nearly enough). He said one glass of milk a day added to the diet for those who can tolerate it reduces the risk of fracture by 5%. I just started getting his posts on YouTube.

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