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How do you halt the progress of osteoporosis?
I want to mention that for stong bones as well as muscles you have to have a good diet eating foods that are loaded with calcium and minerals look up a list of them and eat them , you have to do weight resistance also I would recommend using a weight vest. it makesbone stronger if you wear it while just walking or doing any activity. The vest is very comfortable because it is actually made for a womans body my doctor said my bone is getting stronger from doing my weight vest walkng with nyknyc. I am so happy because I am afraid of drugs.
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Can someone review what seems recommended, drugs aside,, to take care of our bones? I'm taking calcium/vitaminD3/vitaminK2 and adding weight-bearing exercise? I've read here about boron and would appreciate hearing more about peoples' experiences with it and dosage.
I would also appreciate anyone's experience with which strontium and any science supporting its benefits for bone. And any risks.
And has anyone taken orthosilicic acid for bone healthy or density retention? Any pros, cons from personal experience or good science behind it.
I am determined to do everything I can find to keep osteoporosis away or even maybe move from mild to low osteopenia if that's possible.
Thanks in advance...
A friend is buying the Liverpool after I sent her your post and she did some research. Her grandmother and mother had what seems to me like very early onset osteoporosis and she's finally paying attention to her own likely familial risk.
I plan on getting one soon and will at least visit a local OsteoStrong facility to see if it appeals. My face weight-bearing exercise, because I'm not slender enough to be considered too little weight (yet) is walking on the treadmill at various levels of incline or decline (right word?). I have a bad lower back and walking on a true horizontal bothers it more...
Darn, autocorrect. That said "LivePro" before I tapped Post Comment.
callaloo-I believe you meant to say Lifepro and not Liverpool...correct? I would urge you to start out at the lowest phase..P-1..and see how you feel after a couple of weeks at that level. With any spine issues, you have to be careful in how you exercise to not cause further pain and damage. I have an never healing T-8 compression fracture..so I have to watch what I do...so that I don't further exacerbate that part of my spine whilst also trying to help my weak bones out. It's not an easy balance after all...none of us seem to have just one problem. I added the resistance cables to my machine and did a few exercises..but now have back pain...so that's not good for me..but I will continue the phase 1 walking program, without the cables as this does seem to feel quite good for me. Good luck all!
You may want to consider adding more calcium rich foods in your diet (if you are not already doing so). Some research has shown poor absorption of the calcium in supplements. We definitely need better information about all this. I've talked to an endocrinologist and read a variety of sources of information on osteoporosis, but, I find there is disagreement and a multitude of different suggestions. Like a lot of medical issues, there is no one size fits all solution.
I do have to be more conscientious about adding calcium-rich foods to my diet. I read one study that suggested that calcium from food is less likely to become an arterial build-up. But 'they' don't know if this is true, just may be true. For me, that's going to have to from a lot of dark green veggie-bassd smoothies.
Are “smart” domestic scales, using bioelectrical impedance to calculate your body composition, accurate devices for measuring bone mass?
I guess it will be too good to be true…
Someone suggested avoiding Pilates because it emphasizes a C spine. I don't know what that is. Does that refer to Pilates' instructors' stressing tucking the tummy in, pulling up the navel and kind of pushing pelvis forward?
Also, for anyone dealing with back issues (not necessarily fractures though), I avoided back surgery years back by, in part, buying a kneeling chair for work and home offices. I had four herniated discs as a result of an accident, in the lumbar region. Sitting up straight was not possible until I got those chairs and used them while physical therapy, acupuncture and time allowed everything to quiet down and restabilize.
I hasten to add that a current X-ray would show that the discs settled a tad off vertical but I'm not in any pain or disabled as I was told that I would be unless I had surgery. And surgery could have had a much worse outcome.
Anyway, the original kneeling chair came out of Scandinavia and has helped a lot of people up straight comfortably and posture is a problem for many.
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