Osteopenia Treatments Fail

The major reason why Osteopenia Treatments Fail is that people stop using them. If they are on medication, they stop taking it. If they start a bone building exercise program, they miss a session or two....then they miss a week...a few weeks and soon they are not doing bone density exercises at all! The same is true for changes in eating and drinking patterns. Some people even stop their supplements.

THIS IS SERIOUS. What can we do to see that this history of Osteopenia Treatments Fail will not apply to us?. What can we do to see that we keep with the program or if we have already fallen off it,that we will return and stick with it?

Here are 23 tips for making sure that the reason Osteopenia Treatments Fail will NEVER apply to you. How to ensure that Osteopenia Treatments Fail will not apply to you.

Here at 23 practical tips. Read through the list and check off the ones you do already. Then find some that you can add to your daily routine.

Medication
1. If you should be taking medication and find that you are skipping doses, take a hint from former Texas Governor Ann Richards and talk with your health care provider. She tells us in her book, Winning My Battle with Osteoporosis that she told her doctor that her medication was too inconvenient for her lifestyle. They talked and she got a prescription for a different drug that would not present the same problems.

   Talk to your health care provider. State exactly why your are skipping doses. Pill X may be the best medication on the market but it will do you no good if you are not taking it. Work with your doctor until you find a medication you will use.

Exercise Individualizing and routinizing your program helps you avoid becoming part of the group whose Osteopenia Treatments Fail.

If you are social. Get a buddy.


2. Team up with someone and exercise together. If you do not know anyone put a sign up at the recreation center or a bulletin board or ask your health care provider for suggestions. When you find a buddy, talk about preventing each other from missing sessions. You may be ready to ‘veg out’ but if someone is calling on the cell phone to say they are waiting, it is pretty hard to duck out.
3. Join a gym and ask if they would include follow up calls if you begin to ‘fall off’ attending. Gyms know that most joiners quit after about 3 months. If you can convince them to add ‘follow up calls’ to memebership, you will be helping them grow their business at the same time you are getting the support you need.
4. Better yet, pay for a personal trainer. Yes, it costs but itt is a lot less expensive than the cost of a hip fracture.

If you are more solitary


5. Put your exercise BEFORE something that you do regularly and do not do that thing until you have exercises. Example: walk before breakfast, exercise before supper and do not eat until you have done them.
6. Get a dog and vow that you will never let the dog ‘just run in the yard to relieve itself’. Alarge dog is best since they really need exercise. If you live in an apartement and can not have a dog, set up a schedule with your local dog shelter to walk dogs twice a week. The shelter workers will be delighted…as will the dogs.
7. March for some part of your walk. Lift your knees. The extra pressure when you march offers a bit more stress on your bones. March in the house if you can not get out. Put on some march music and GO!
8. Stamp your feet. Every day. It is good for the emotions and your bones. Plan a feet stamping time for before or after a daily activity and DO IT.
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9. Buy a weight vest. Get a weight vest and put it on as soon as you wake up. Wear it for the next hour or so as you go about you daily tasks. If you need to get out to work, put it on when you come in and do the same. Do read the cautions on You do not want the vest to trigger a fall.
10. Dance. Put on a CD and dance every day. You do not need a partner – you can imagine one or use some household object as a substitute. Make up the steps – who cares?. Dancing is fun and it is as good as walking – sometimes ever better if you are including stamps or small hops. You will feel better for dancing every day.
11. Always get out of chairs and your car by crossing your arms [put a hand by each shoulder] and just using your legs to rise. If you can not do this yet, put your hands on your thighs to do it. Work at this. Your legs will get stronger over time
12. When you shop, carry your own packages to the car. If they are too many and you need to use a shopping cart, unload all but 2 of them. Bring the cart back to its stand and carry those 2 back to the car. After a few weeks, make it 4 packages that you are carrying back. A year of this and you may find you are leaving the cart at the door and carrying 10-12 packages to the car.
13. Never use the escalator ( moving stairs) or elevator (lift) down if the stairs are 'safe'. Its a habit worth cultivatin. Walking up stairs is great for your heart but walking down helps build bone.

Reducing stress. Stress increases cortisol and that is NOT good for your bones. Reduce your stress and you will reduce one of the bone robbing things in your life.

14. Laugh for 5 minutes every day. Before you go to sleep at night sit on the side of the bed and laugh. If you have a partner, you might want to do this before breakfast or supper. If you commute, laugh for 5 minutes before exiting the car. Just start. In Japan they have laughing classes/sessions where people laugh for 20 minutes. It helps with blood pressure as well as bone density. Laugh!
15. If you are a commuter, sing. Not sweet, light singing. Sing at the top of your lungs. Sing kids songs, folk songs, patriotic songs, hymns. Singing reverberates and you will find yourself relaxing.

Eating so you do not join those whose whose Osteopenia Treatments Fail.

16. Add a small salad before your meal. Every day. Do not go to bed without eating one sald - even if you need to do so just before bed!
17. If you want to add something good for your bones to your diet find a form that you like! Then eat it at a single meal every day. Need help?. Read:

    How to take your Supplements so you will not be part of the group whose Osteopenia Treatments Fail.

18. Put your daily dose - measured or counted out - in the same place every day. It helps to put them somewhere you will see them AND have to move the container before or after you eat. Mine are on a shelf by the sink so when I clear the dishes, I see them.
19. Set a specific time that you take these – eg. Before your morning cup of decaf or as you clear your dishes from lunch.
20. Leave yourself a reminder with your computer reminder program or put a message to yourself on your cell phone.
21. Do the calcium absorbability test to make sure that you are taking the most absorbably form.
22. Be sure you are taking enough Vit. D3, magnesium, B12 etc. Check the natural therapies pages for recommended doses etc. and then….
23. Set a specific time that you take these – eg. Before your morning cup of decaf or as you clear your dishes from lunch.

In conclusion, make a habit of your bone building activities. Whenever possible put them before something that you do every day eg. Brushing your teeth, eating dessert, getting in the car etc. Then do not do the activity until you have done your bone building activity and if you suddenly realize you forgot it, STOP what you are doing and do it right then.

You want to make a habit of bone building actiivites. That is the way to avoid having your Osteopenia Treatments Fail.

Good luck!

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