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Before taking any of the bone drug which have bad side effects or if you are already

on some bone drug do try to use a weight vest esp the one by ny k as it will assist building your bone as you go for a walk, its painless and it builds bone use with your program of medication or just use alone in place of drug just put it on a go!!

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Met00

I have a Hyperwear one, which has dozens of very light weights, I think it's more adjustable than the NYK one. However, a word of caution, these aren't suitable for everyone, and definitely wouldn't be recommended for anyone who has had, or is at high risk of spinal compression fractures. There's useful information here about what you should know before buying and using one: strengthtrainingforosteopor...

Hi Applehead, please refrain from self-promoting products. Any further mention will be removed from the forum.

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Viazoy

Please be careful -- I had three vertebral compression fractures associated with Prolia and doc says I'm not ready to use weight belts at this point. Hopefully later! I do other approved exercise however and try to be as active as pain tolerance permits.

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