Concerned about new research from Imperial College demonstrating micro fractures after biphosphanate

This would be my second infusion but I was approx 10 years on oral biphosphonates and have also been on strontium renlate. Have been on long term predisolone hence osteoporosis been steroid free last 2years . I think I Will ask my t scores and if not too bad try other natural treatments .I know if I ask medical personnel they will advise me to have infusion but once you have had it that's it in your system for years  , and I think they will find out it is doing more harm than good .

You've been on bisphosphonate treatment for ten years and you haven't been told your t-scores?  Yikes!

I was pressured to submit to AA but frankly I was having enough trouble dealing with prednisone, and what I read about all the osteoporosis drugs terrified me and I decided I'd take my chances with thinning bones.  So glad I did.  When my new scan showed the improvement my doctor was impressed and asked me how I did it.  

Rung and got my T scores 2015 Nov they were 2.6 spine 2.3 femur does any one know how bad that is ? Rung and delayed infusion can't get any help from hospital as a long waiting time for nurse specialist.So no help there . 

The World Health Organization has said that -2.5 is the beginning of osteoporosis.  So your spine is just into the osteoporosis level and femur just under, at what they call osteopenia, or low bone mass, level.  I'd be tempted in your position to opt for the natural way.  As I've said I turned my measurements around by .4 in one year, and if you can do a similar thing then both your measurements would be well out of the osteoporosis range in a year.  

Thing is, t-score is only one risk factor.  It does not tell us what the actual strength of the bone is.  If you have strong, flexible bones then you are at less risk of fracture than someone with an identical score whose bones are more brittle.  There is at present no reasonable way to determine bone strength.

The major risk for fracture, whether one has OP or not, is falling.  So step one is to develop strategies to avoid falling.  Improving sense of balance (tai chi, yoga), removing tripping hazards in the home, that kind of thing.  Step two is to challenge the bones so they become stronger (walking, Nordic walking, tai chi, pilates, weighted walking vest, that sort of thing whatever is suitable for you).  Exercises to strengthen the core, and muscles supporting the spine are also a good idea. Step three is optimizing nutrition (supplements and varied diet).  

Given your spine measurement you could consider going to a physiotherapist for advice on strategies to guard the spine.  There are ways to avoid too much forward bending, for example.  Our local hospital offers a clinic for people at risk, but I had to wait seven months to get into a session, so if you run into same kind of delay I'd recommend possibly just a single session with a physiotherapist, make sure they have experience with osteoporosis patients.

There has been research showing that a combination of micronutrients is just as effective at improving bone density as the medications, and you do not have the risk of any side effects.  There is the additional advantage that nutrition and exercise gives you new, healthy strong bone, encourages the healthy bone remodelling we need, whereas the bone meds rely on poisoning one part of the bone remodelling process (the normal removal of old bone) which in the long term will result in a more brittle bone structure.  Not to mention the possibility of serious side effects in the meantime.  Even strontium supplements or strontium ranelate are relying on strontium replacing calcium in the bones.  It's heavier thatn calcium and therefore the density increases.  But is the bone bone stronger?  Perhaps not.

I'm on my way out so no time now but if you are interested I can private message you my little essay on my own journey, plus short bibliography.  It's getting a bit dated now (over a year) but probably still useful.

Have started taking kefir have been doing Pilates for a long time but was told at clinic it was dangerous to twist spine and anything bending forwards it seemed most of the exercises were unsuitable,but I really miss it do a lot of walking but Pilates kept me supple and I enjoyed it . Physio session good idea they would tell me what is safe to do, after saying that I have just been digging in the garden but only do half an hour at a time.

Yes please 

yes please do 

I think there are different kinds of pilates, as there are different kinds of yoga and tai chi.  I've never done pilates myself but I do know a number of people on the forums seem to really like it.  Yes, twisting the back is supposed to be avoided, as is bending forward.  Instead of bending, pretend you are going to sit down, keeping the spine straight, and bending the knees.  Somehow that shifts the centre of gravity and you can get quite low without stressing either back or knees - at least I can, long enough to feed my cats and change their water!

Are you familiar with Algae Cal supplements. They always advertise their strontium and I have been too nervous to try it but not crazy about trying Prolia either 😜

Sorry.  The most "alternative" I've gone with my supplements are extra K2 on top of a strong bones formulation with a bunch of microneutrients in it along with the usual suspects.  My friend who first alerted me to non-drug ways of dealing with bone thinning, however, uses oat straw or something like that because it contains silica.

I am only five feet tall and apparently people who are five feet two inches and less do not start out with adult bones in the first place so that is another thing that is not taken into account.

Apparently I've lost two inches in height, which is a puzzle as my bones are okay.  I guess we all get shorter as we age because gravity compresses everything - we are imperfectly evolved to walk upright!  So once upon a time I was nearly 5'6" and now I'm just barely 5'4".  

My husband was six feet and now is about five ten. He has the bones of a 30 year old but some arthritis in knees and hips.