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SomeFosterKid t1_iut2tjv wrote

That’s really cool, great job setting this up I’m sure those affected will get some benefit! With early osteoporosis like in your situation is the condition helped at all by weight lifting or is that not really known yet?

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Cleistheknees t1_iut4574 wrote

Not a well-studied question. Resistance training seems to reliably increase some factors within BMD (mainly sclerostin and osteocalcin) but the increases are generally clinically insignificant, ie they aren’t big enough to even budge the osteoporotic fracture risk calculation.

This highlights why resistance training and adequate bioavailable bone minerals are so critically important during development. For the most part, once you’re 30 maintenance is really the name of the game.

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Abishek_Muthian OP t1_iuukrbk wrote

I've been doing some resistance training for some years since I was diagnosed. Although I felt good after exercise i.e. w.r.t pain reduction it doesn't seem to help with my bone density i.e. If I don't take the bi-phosphate injection for a year; My density drops further even when I didn't change the exercise routine.

Lately, The pain from exercise itself is becoming greater than the pain from not doing it. So I have dropped couple of routines like weight lifting from my exercise, My next BMD data would probably tell how it has affected my density.

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