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Weight lifting - bone scans improved in one year!

Posted by vga @vga, 4 days ago

I'm a 62-year-old woman, average weight, healthy eater, and a runner. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis last year with my first bone scan. I tried one dose of oral Fosamax--it made me terribly sick--so I stopped immediately. I researched alternatives, adding Vitamin K2 and D to my supplements, and started weight lifting with heavy weights 5-6 times a week. I researched specific osteroporosis weight lifting programs, but couldn't find a coach nearby. So, I just started using youtube videos and lifting heavy weights. I just had a repeat bone scan that showed improvement in all my numbers--moving osteoporosis to osteopenia for some locations. My worst area is my L3--this improved by 30%! In one year! Very excited to share this. I hope that sharing my results might encourage others to try weight lifing.

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pattwc | @pattwc | 11 hours ago
In reply to @debraran "@pattwc WTG in doing your homework and going forward! I also was a runner and now..." + (show)
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@pattwc WTG in doing your homework and going forward! I also was a runner and now walker in past, Pilates instead of yoga and still say that helped any lower back pain go away years ago.
I take calcium with Vit K2 and Vit D and had collagen with fortibone also.
I also have breast cancer in family, sister and mom (both did well) and recently read collagen could make dense breasts worse for scans. I get ultrasound also but want to talk to my doctor about it. I fell down a rabbit hole of conflicting articles and don't want to make it harder for them to read scans. If my PCP says it's okay, I'll continue.
I'm familiar with Brick House but not Lisa Wittstein. I didn't find her on a quick search but I'll look again. Fitness with PJ I will do on occasion for variety. Exercises end up being close to the same but it's what's weight you use. PJ will show modifications as others do also

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Ooops. The name should be Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein. Sorry for the misleading
info and thank you for your reply. All the best on this journey. And also
thank you for the info on collagen and dense breast tissue. I have no
family members who have or had breast cancer but many of us have dense
breast tissue.

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pbradley1954 | @pbradley1954 | 10 hours ago

Really happy to hear! I also was told I had to go on medication--that weight lifting and diet wouldn't help. All doctors ever want to do is give you a pill!

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