Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs for osteoporosis.

[DeeK1]

I was recently diagnosed with -4.5 osteoporosis in the spine. I am 62 years old. I am not s fan of pharmaceuticals and have started taking calcium, D, multi, and magnesium. I jog about 20 miles a week and lift weights. Been a runner all my adulthood with marathon running. I am a small bone woman with osteoporosis in the family. Going to start acupuncture and Chinese herbs this week. Has anyone experienced reversal of t score with acupuncture and Chinese herbs????

[HeronNS]

Be very careful of Chinese medicine as they are often contaminated. Some being used for pain actually work - because they contain steroid pain medicine, although that is not told to the user.

[DeeK1 in reply to HeronNS]

Thank you!

[Mark_ABH]

Hi DeeK1, one thing we have been discussing lately at American Bone Health is that because DXA is a volumetric measurement, a person who is small/slightly built/petite can have an alarming T-score but might not actually be at high risk of fracture. When you say you have a family history of osteoporosis, does that include people in your family have had hip fractures etc.? Or just T-scores in the range of osteoporosis?

I encourage you to use our Fracture Risk Calculator tool to get a fuller picture of your fracture risk. americanbonehealth.org/calc...

[DeeK1 in reply to Mark_ABH]

Hello Mark, thank you for replying. The family members with osteoporosis have not suffered from any hip fractures. Information is from T score - and these women are all small bone women.

More I research the more I agree there is something out of whack with expecting all women to have the same bone density. Are there any articles you can direct me to all this subject??

I did do use the Fracture Risk Calculator giving me an 11% chance of fracture within 10 years. Pretty good odds I would say.

Thanks again.