Reclast?

[tulip]

Crankin, I know you are strong and athletic, and this is not aimed at you. I wish you the very best in figuring this out.

But for those of you who need another reason to work on your core (besides being more comfy on a bike and looking great when you go to Rio in February), it's so important for balance. So many people--men and women--have falls largely because they don't have the core strength and balance to hold themselves up.

Pilates, yoga, tai-chi, hiking, rock-climbing, gym rat--pick one or many and get going!

[Crankin]

Well, I might be athletic, but ever since I stopped teaching aerobics, I feel my core has been weak. My class was known for killer abs! Yoga seems to work for me, though. Yea, people who have flat stomachs should remember that it doesn't mean they have a strong core.

[nolemom]

I haven't used Reclast but my mother-in-law just got her second yearly injection. She is very frail (83 lbs) and about to turn 87. Normally she has a bad reaction to almost all medicine. She could not tolerate any of the oral medications. She tolerates the Reclast without any side effects. The doctor does bloodwork before the infusion and administers the medication through an IV about a week later. It seems to work well for her.

[Biciclista]

my mother got that spent a fortune and got no improvement at all (reclast)

[lph]

so Crankin, or anyone else, how did you find out that you had osteopenia? What started you tracking it?

I'm interested after reading here and other places about the need to keep up high-impact exercise, especially since I know I walk and hike much much less now than 10 years ago, and bike much more. I also don't drink milk, but do take a calcium supplement daily. Is this something I should be checking out regularly as I get older?

[ny biker]

Would that be something you would learn from a DXA scan?