{"id":11559,"date":"2021-08-30T16:52:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T23:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=11559"},"modified":"2021-08-30T17:40:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T00:40:23","slug":"osteostrong-builds-the-bones-of-skeletal-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=11559","title":{"rendered":"OsteoStrong Builds the Bones of Skeletal Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My mother was taller than me\u00a0when I graduated from college,\u00a0but now I tower over her.
\nNot because I had a twentysomething\u00a0growth spurt, but because she\u2019s\u00a0been plagued by osteoporosis<\/a>, which literally\u00a0means \u201cporous bone.\u201d<\/p>\n

This horrible condition, which causes the\u00a0bones to become more\u00a0porous and fragile, greatly\u00a0increasing the risk of painful\u00a0and often disabling\u00a0broken bones, is a tough\u00a0one to treat and an impossible\u00a0one to cure. They\u00a0think my mom\u2019s osteoporosis\u00a0was caused by chemotherapy,\u00a0but genetics\u00a0and aging are factors too.\u00a0So naturally I was\u00a0intrigued when I wrote\u00a0about OsteoStrong (osteostrong.me<\/a>) for last year\u2019s\u00a0Active Aging guide. But at\u00a0that time, because of the\u00a0pandemic, the wellness studio\u00a0was closed to the public,\u00a0and I wasn\u2019t able to try out\u00a0the machines for myself.<\/p>\n

This year, I finally got to check out\u00a0the rather novel bone-building exercise\u00a0approach designed to stimulate bone growth\u00a0through delivery of high-intensity loads. A\u00a0franchise operation owned by Yvonne and\u00a0Jim Parsons, the OsteoStrong<\/a> program uses\u00a0special exercise machines that deliver intense\u00a0bone-stimulating loads through four nearmaximal
\nisometric exercises.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing is that you\u00a0compress the bone and the axial,\u201d explained
\nYvonne of how it works. \u201cAnd if you noticed,\u00a0when you were doing each piece of equipment,\u00a0nothing moves. We get into position\u00a0and it\u2019s robotic in that sense, but once you\u00a0get on, nothing moves except you, and it\u2019s the\u00a0compression of the bone that stimulates the\u00a0adaptive response.\u201d<\/p>\n

The circuit itself takes only about 10 minutes,\u00a0which is certainly efficient. I didn\u2019t work\u00a0up a sweat because, as Yvonne explained, \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0only about the adaptive response. A good
\nanalogy is that it\u2019s like if you walked into a\u00a0dark room and your pupils expanded. You go
\nto a gym to get your muscles strong, but you\u00a0go here to get your skeletal strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

The machines work on the principle of\u00a0\u201costeogenic\u201d loading. These super-resistance
\nmachines cover every section of the body\u2014a\u00a0chest press, leg press, core pull, and skeleton stressing\u00a0vertical lift\u2014and they resemble\u00a0weight machines with feedback monitors.\u00a0Clients come in once a week, stand on vibration\u00a0platforms to warm up, then exert 30 seconds\u00a0of all-out force at each workout station.<\/p>\n

All in 10 minutes! Seriously, I saw at least\u00a0three people cycle through as I interviewed
\nYvonne.<\/p>\n

Although my one session at OsteoStrong\u00a0was not enough time to report any results,
\nnothing hurt afterward, and the people I\u00a0saw come in seemed to be all smiles with
\na little extra spring in their steps. There\u00a0are certainly loads of\u00a0happy customers, as\u00a0their video testimonials\u00a0attest to (osteostrong.me\/video-gallery).<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople love it,\u201d said\u00a0Yvonne. \u201cIt\u2019s fast, it\u2019s very\u00a0safe, and it\u2019s so efficient.\u00a0It seems like it\u2019s not real,\u00a0but it really is. We can\u2019t\u00a0say that we cure anything\u00a0or anything like\u00a0that, but we have many\u00a0members who come in\u00a0and they\u2019ve had their\u00a0T-score [a measure of\u00a0bone density] measured,\u00a0and they come in, and\u00a0the next year when they\u00a0get it again, the T-score\u00a0has improved and bone\u00a0density has improved. \u2026 When your bones\u00a0are stronger, you\u2019re not having that fear of\u00a0fracture if you fall. It\u2019s like when you walk off\u00a0of a curb, people go, \u2018Oh no, I don\u2019t have any\u00a0problem with that anymore.\u2019 Their balance\u00a0and agility has improved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check it out yourself for free. Call (805) 453-6086\u00a0or email santabarbara@osteostrong.me to set up\u00a0an appointment. See osteostrong.me<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Originally published in The Santa Barbara Independent<\/a> on August 12, 2021. Cover photo by Erick Madrid. To read this special section as it originally appeared in print, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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