Spinal Osteopenia weight vest can help

Spinal Osteopenia weight vest If you have Spinal Osteopenia, you may want to consider buying a weight vest. It will provide resistance exercise automatically.

A few years ago I was thinking about the fact that my dexa scan was showing that I not only did not have Spinal Osteopenia but my vertebrae had greater bone density than women 30 years my junior. As I thought about this I decided the fact that I as a part time bookseller I regularly lift and sling boxes of books a few times a week probably had something to do with it. I love books but had not realized how much they were contributing to my good health!

You may not be slinging or carrying boxes of books. But you can give yourself some automatic resistance exercise by wearing a weighted vest.

Spinal Osteopenia weight vest – how to use.

1. Many people use this equipment during their daily walk. For those wanting to increase bone density, it is important to remember that our osteoblasts (bone building cells) are stimulated to build bone when they experience INCREASED stress.

It is important to start with low weight if you are using your vest during your daily walk.. One pound total (two half pound weights) is a good place to start. Stay with this for at least a week – even if it feels ‘light as a feather’. When you no longer notice the additional weight, add another pound. Stay with this for at least 2 weeks. When you are ready to add more weight, add another pound and stay with the 3 pound weight load for at least 3 weeks.

If you find that your knees ache a bit after walking with the weights, you are doing too much. Cut back to wearing your vest every two or three days.

2. Another Spinal Osteopenia weight vest use is to put it on for an hour while you are around the house or if you have the sort of job that allows you to wear such a vest to wear it for an hour at work.

Each time you walk, get up for a chair and even while sitting in a chair, you are putting some resistance on your bones. It is automatic and does not require some ‘extra’ to be built into our day.

Warning . Spinal Osteopenia weight vest. If you are going to use this technique, you need to be advised:

If you are frail or have poor balance the new weight could tip you backwards or forwards and you could fall. People who are frail should check with their health care providers before using a weight vest.

Anyone with Spinal Osteopenia weight vest will need to get used to added weight and make adjustments for this when you stand or lean forward. Again, this Is important. Go slow. Start with 1 pound and use that for at least a week.

How to buy a weight vest if you have spinal Osteopenia.

Lots of weighted vests start with 2 pound or 4 pound weights. These are for sports enthusiasts who are trying to build muscle and endurance.

You do not want that. Finding one where the weights start a half pound or one pound is what you are looking for.

It is good to use a vest that provides up to a total 10lbs but leaves room for you to add additional weight if you want. Such additions can be used while walking or doing formal exercises. I do not advise wearing 12- 14 pounds while house cleaning. You might bend forward to pick something off the floor and find the weights topple you forward.

The one I have purchased can be found by entering WEIGHT VEST in the search box at: OnlineSports.com