You can strengthen your bones with Osteopenia treatments

You can reverse your bone loss with osteopenia treatments. Yes, you can. Others have and you can too.

This page offers a list of major Osteoporosis and Osteopenia treatments. But first you need to understand. . .

Introduction. Building bones takes time. Your bone builds slowly and the older you are, the slower it goes. But you will build new bone if you work at it and if you are consistent and stay with your program.

Research shows that you can expect your bone building program to take 14 - 24 months before you see results. ( That is why Medicare and some health insurance plans only pay for dexa scans every two years - unless you are starting a new treatment. If you are starting a new treatment, they may pay for a new dexa scan after only one year. Check with your health care provider about when you should schedule your next dexa scan.]

The good news is that there has been so much research about Osteopenia treatments in recent years that you have many options. And combining two or three different things if often more effective than doing just one thing effective. Some Osteopenia treatments focus on slowing your Osteoclasts from removing old bone. Others focus on stimulating your Osteblasts to build new bone.

I hope that you will read through all the various treatments - even if you are using one or two of these now. The more you know about the options open to you, the more satisfied you will be with your own Osteopenia treatment plan. And the more you will be able to raise questions when you meet with your health care provider. Also, if you have read the research based information about Osteopenia treatments, you will be less likely to be 'hoodwinked' by some of the mail order ads or fad web pages.

SPECIAL NOTE: If you are someone who has been following a plan of osteoporosis or Osteopenia treatments but you are not seeing better dexa scan results, you need to talk with your health care provider to see if you should make a change in some of what you have been doing.

Remember that you have many options. Most people find that combining several different treatment options works best. So let's get started.

There are five major Osteoporosis & Osteopenia treatments:

1. Diet and Nutritional strategies: what you eat each day
2. Exercises and physical activities
3. Alternative medical approaches - herbs, Traditional Chinese medicine etc.
4. Prescription medication
5. Supplements

1. Diet/Nutrition - the food you eat each day. Osteoporosis and Osteopenia are almost unknown in some parts of the world. Some researches now believe that the widespread occurrence of Osteopenia in the developed world is related to both our modern diet and sedentary life style.

Here are some articles that should be useful:

1. "Fact or Myth: bones caffeine connection " and
2. "Can tea be good for your bones?" at Caffeine, bones and Tea.
3. "What exactly is the Osteoporosis Alcohol Connection?"
4. Dried Plums? Somw amazing research about dried plums and building bone"
5. You can read about Sage and bone density>/a>
6. Should you include Whey in your diet?

2. Exercise. Research studies show that those who include exercise as part of their 'good bone' program have better outcomes than those who do not exercise on a regular basis. There are several studies that show exercise can increase bone mass even among the very old. But not every form of exercise is good for those with bone loss. In fact, some forms of exercise can cause 'spontaneous fractures' and should be avoided by anyone with significant bone loss.

Even if you have arthritis or some other painful condition, you can incorporate exercises into your daily routine. In your exercises program, you need to work at preventing falls while your bones are still thin so you need to do a few minutes of balance and coordination exercises As for exercises to increase bone density, there are so many choices that even if you have arthritis or some other painful condition, you will be able to include some exercises in your daily routine. Here are some bone density exercises

3. Alternative medicine: Natural Osteoporosis & Osteopenia treatments Alternative medical treatments have grown in popularity since the mid-1980's. Many people now prefer to use as many natural, alternative treatments for common medical conditions as they can..

There is a growing body of knowledge about natural treatments for Osteopenia and Osteoporosis. You can find out more about these at Alternative Medicine: Osteopenia and Osteoporosis . 4. Prescription medication to increase your bone density. You will find information and frequently asked questions about all the major prescription medications: Actonel, Boniva, Calcitonin, Evista, Fosamax, Forteo, HRT, Protelos Thiazide They are all reviewed at:

Osteoporosis & Osteopenia medications .

5. Supplements There is so much research about supplements. This is an area of the web site that will be expanding in the next few months.

Let us begin with:

• Osteopenia treatments and Vitamin D .
• What about Calcium? Are some forms better that others? Here are two articles:
  1. The Calcium Supplement backed by Scientific Evidence: Advacal .
  2. Is Coral Calcium the Supplement of Choice for Osteopenia?
• Stronger Bones Now: Should you increase your Magensium intake?.
• Preventing fractures with Vitamin K
• Have your heard about Lactoferrin
• Read abuot the new calcium supplement from Canada at Algae-Cal Plus
• Amla, an herb from India that studies show can help with bone density
• One of the most effective supplements can be found here

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