According to a new study eating a healthy diet is linked to a low risk for hip fracture in American women. Worldwide, there are an estimated 8.9 million osteoporosis related fractures each year. Worldwide, 1 in 3 women over age…
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Is There a War on Supplements
Is there a war on supplements? I frequently read Mercola.com which is the largest alternative health site on the internet. He had a post from December 30, 2017 about this war on supplements, essential oils, and homeopathy. I am not…
Tagged with: Big Pharma, Calcium, Omega-3, Osteoporosis, supplements, Vitamin D
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics, Nutrition, Osteoporosis, Wellness
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics, Nutrition, Osteoporosis, Wellness
New Guidelines out for Osteoporosis Treatment
The American College of Physicians have new guidelines out for osteoporosis treatment. I believe these guidelines are flawed and do not deal with the real cause of osteoporosis. These guidelines basically promote using medications over anything else. The cause of…
Tagged with: BStrong4Life, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis, osteoporosis medication
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics, Osteoporosis
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics, Osteoporosis
Low Testosterone Associated with Low Bone Density
Building on our last post on testosterone researchers presenting at the American Urological Association (AUA) 2015 Annual Meeting presented a paper which found low testosterone associated with low bone density. Low testosterone is one of the more established risk factors for…
Tagged with: BStrong4Life, Low bone mineral density, Low Testosterone, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis, testosterone
Posted in Exercise and Fitness, Healthcare Policy and Politics, Wellness
Posted in Exercise and Fitness, Healthcare Policy and Politics, Wellness
Osteoporosis Month 2015
This May is Osteoporosis Month 2015. The National Osteoporosis Foundation is the main sponsor of National Osteoporosis Month and is a member of the International Osteoporosis Foundation. Both have great resources for learning about osteoporosis, it’s risks, treatment, and steps…
Treating Dowager’s Hump
The posture most associated with aging, Dowager’s Hump can be known as Buffalo Hump, Hunchback, and the technical/medical term hyperkyphosis. Any way you call it treating Dowager’s hump can be important for your health and physical well being. For the…
Tagged with: Back Pain, back pain Geneva IL, BStrong4Life, Buffalo Hump, Chiropractic, chiropractic biophysics, chiropractor, Dowgers Hump, Geneva BStrong4Life, Geneva Chiropractor, Hyerkyphosis, kyphosis, Low Back Pain, Low bone mineral density, old person posture, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis Prevention, Posture research, Posture treatment
Posted in Back Pain, BStrong4Life, Exercise and Fitness, Neck Pain, Wellness
Posted in Back Pain, BStrong4Life, Exercise and Fitness, Neck Pain, Wellness
Osteoporosis Awareness Month 2014; part 3
The best way to reduce your risk for osteoporosis is to make healthy lifestyle choices. Those choices can be easy for some and hard for others, this all depends on what you have to “give up” in order to…
Osteoporosis Awareness Month 2014; part 2
Osteoporosis Awareness Month 2014; part 2 Osteoporosis is serious and becoming far too common. Each year the risk of suffering a fracture from osteoporosis is greater than the combined risk of suffering a heart attack, stroke, or breast cancer in…
Osteoporosis drug may increase risk for Atrial Fibrillation
Osteoporosis drug may increase risk for Atrial Fibrillation, says a recent study in the American Journal of Cardiology. The authors of this study suggest that the FDA should re-consider the atrial fibrillation (AF) risk with certain osteoporosis drugs.This study looks…
Tagged with: Actonel, bisphosphonate, Boniva, BStrong4Life, Chiropractic, Fosamax, Low bone mineral density, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis, osteoporosis exercise, osteoporosis medication, Osteoporosis Prevention, Vitamin D, weight bearing exercise for osteoporosis
Posted in BStrong4Life, Osteoporosis, Wellness
Posted in BStrong4Life, Osteoporosis, Wellness
Vibration training builds bone in young men and women
I have posted quite a bit about whole body vibration training and the BStrong4Life system and its effects on building bone. Most of the studies on this have been on older, specifically postmenopausal, women becuase they are at the greatest…
Tagged with: BStrong4Life, building bone density, building bone density in young adults, Low bone mineral density, Osteopenia, osteopenia exercise, Osteopenia treatment, Osteoporosis, osteoporosis exercise, Osteoporosis Prevention, Osteoporosis research, Osteoporosis treatment, reduce your risk for osteoporosis, strength training for osteoporosis, vibration training, whole body vibration
Posted in BStrong4Life, Exercise and Fitness, Osteoporosis
Posted in BStrong4Life, Exercise and Fitness, Osteoporosis