Good or best osteoporosis exercise book

I walk on the YMCA cushioned track with 4-5 lb weight inside a backpack.

I love seeing someone talk about the Liftmor study. It seems to me a key but neglected piece of the osteoporosis puzzle. It shows an increase in bone density with heavy resistance exercise and with a very low incidence of injury from the program. I follow a modified version of Liftmor. I do not do overhead presses for instance as I have shoulder problems. I substitute weighted carries. I'm also just afraid to lift as heavy as they do because I'm already at -4 in the spine. If I lived in Australia I'd go see the Liftmor people. BTW, there are 3 trials all using the same resistance training approach. Liftmor for women comparing the heavy resistance Liftmor program to a light intensity exercise regime, Liftmor-m for men comparing the Liftmor program to an Osteostrong type program, and MEDEX-OP which compares Liftmor to anti-resorptives and to Buff-Bones a low resistance program. And a fourth trial, Vibmor is due for publication soon. It will compare the Liftmor program to a vibration plate device (the Marodyne).
BTW, I have just started Evenity and I'm hoping to feel safe enough at some point to start increasing my weights so that hopefully I can use weights more in line with the Liftmor trials.
Best of luck to you with whatever approach you choose

To all-if any of you follow Margaret Martin know that her 1x /month Saturday steaming videos will likely start back up in the new year. I contacted her the other day as I remember her saying she wasn’t going to do them over the summer, but as we are now clearly into fall , I was wondering what the deal was. She has been busy moving.

I just got her book. What's the video? Free? Hope it's not a Facebook group as I'm not on FB. Is it lecture or exercise instruction? Thx.

@alexxa - so I get it and I’m not on Facebook. Basically she picks a topic and discusses that more in depth. Last year these were a few I remember-
-weight bearing exercises-
-Strength training -
- psychological impacts of being a person with an osteo diagnosis/ that one was joint with her dtr who is a psychologist or something along those lines
- one was just questions and answers
If you are on her email list she will let you know when she’s doing them. And she makes it very easy to send the link to a friend to get it as well.
Her husband is her tech guy and sometimes it can be somewhat frustrating if all the tech isn’t working in top notch , but I found them to be informative. Helps to clarify some things!!!
They last about 45-1 hr usually on a Saturday afternoon at 2pm.
Hope that was helpful!!!

As I recall, when Margaret Martin does one of her live sessions a recorded version is usually available after the fact?

re: MARGARET MARTIN (Canadian)
She has numerous videos on YouTube. She is an experienced physical therapist specializing in osteoporosis. She frequently has guests, such as Dr. Keith McCormick, share their expertise regarding osteoporosis. Her demonstrations of video exercises for osteoporosis are well done.
Website: melioguide.com

Thanks everyone for the information. I've been busy so haven't looked into the site yet but it's easy to remember.

Hello,

I came across this site buildbetterbones.org by IOF and found the site provides some advices regarding how to exercise for op patients. you can select level of difficulty, and your own object such as strengthening muscle/bone, balancing, preventing falls. each exercise also indicates targeted area(s) with accompanying video. the site is worthwhile to looking into I think. best of all it is free and you can work whenever and at your own pace!

My husband was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis.

I’ve attached his bone scan results to show his t-scores. He’s been on high-dose prednisone for a year for PMR and GCA (giant cell arteritis). Which is what we believe caused this.

His last x-rays showed: Subacute to chronic mild T11 compression fracture is evident, new compared to May 23, 2023 thoracic spine radiograph.

We would like to find safe exercises for him to do. I’ve read sit-ups are not a good idea.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.