Osteoporosis
also known as
Brittle Bone Disease
What Is Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis (literally meaning porous bones) is a disorder of the skeleton and at one time, was regarded as a woman’s disease. While this is still largely true, more men are suffering, The National Osteoporosis Society suggesting that 1 in 5 men over the age of 50 will break or fracture a bone, mainly as a result of osteoporosis against 1 in every 2 women. Osteoporosis is regarded as a “silent illness” as many people do not know they have it until it is too late and whilst it is thought of as a disease of old age, latest research suggests its roots lie in adolescence.
Bones are “alive” in that they are continually changing, worn out bone being replaced by new bone. In a child, the skeleton changes approximately every 2 years and in adults, every 7 to 10 years. Bones are made up of a thick outer shell with a honeycomb mesh inside and osteoporosis occurs when the gaps in this honeycomb become bigger, making the bone fragile and brittle, causing them to break easily. The cells that produce bone structure are called osteoblasts and those that catabolise or de-mineralise, osteoclasts.
After about the age of 35, most people begin to lose their bone strength, i.e. more bone is lost than can be replaced and this results in fractures or breaks from what can be considered as relatively minor incidents. The wrists, spine and hips are the most vulnerable with spine and hip fractures possibly resulting in long term pain, long term disability or at worse, death.
The aim should be to treat osteoporosis before fractures occur.
What Causes Osteoporosis?
There are many factors that make up the “at risk” group for osteoporosis, the main one being hereditary – if any of your parents or family suffered, you will most likely suffer as well. Other factors that can put you at risk are:
- Women who have an early menopause or hysterectomy (before age 45)
- People who are on regular corticosteroids
- People with conditions that prevent the absorption of certain foods
- People who drink alcohol excessively
- People who smoke.
If you are in a high risk group there are tests that can be done and it may well be wise to talk with your local GP who can arrange a bone density scan.
How Can I Prevent Osteoporosis?
Diet and exercise are the two key preventive measures. Exercise should be anything that is weight bearing e.g. skipping, jogging or aerobics. Remember that your body is a weight so a brisk walk will help as will an evening dancing, playing with the grand children or the family pet, in fact anything that gets the body moving. Life style balance is also key. If you’re doing too much exercise or don’t eat enough, or if you don’t do any exercise and eat lots of fast food, these extremes aren’t good, especially in the long term. The message is, get a balance – eat plenty of fresh fruit and veg, cut down on red meat, lower your salt intake, reduce your caffeine consumption, stop smoking and drink moderately – a little can be good but a lot is not!
What About Medication for Osteoporosis?
Medication to help combat osteoporosis is harsh and the side effects can be very unpleasant. Worse still, you may have to take a number of different drugs as certain drugs are only effective on certain parts of the body.
There is, however an alternative and here, it is as important as always to get to the root cause of the problem i.e. the slow down of bone manufacture within the body.
Magnetic Resonance Therapy
One of the most important discoveries in recent medical history is the ability to “see” inside the body in incredible detail by way of an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan. The body is mainly made up of water molecules which contain hydrogen atoms and the powerful magnetic forces from the MRI scanner pulls at the protons within these atoms lining them up in the direction of the magnetic field (normally the billions of protons lie in random directions). When the scanner’s waves are switched off and on, these atoms move back to their normal random alignment and then are magnetically re-aligned etc. In doing so, they send out energy which the scanner picks up, transferring the energy signals to a computer which converts them into a picture. The whole procedure is completely painless and harmless and as no radiation is used (unlike x-rays), the procedure can be repeated many times with no problems.
The medical community has generally been aware that following a MRI scan, the patient often felt better. German researchers and scientists asked the question "Why" and fortunately, followed up this question with their own in-depth research. They discovered a very interesting phenomenon of MRI scanners in that under a special frequency, the Larmor frequency of Hydrogen atoms, the energy given out by these atoms (which is what the scanner reads) can also be absorbed by some of the adjacent atoms. These adjacent atoms could well be the soft tissue or diseased body part that was causing the problem in the first instance giving the reason patients felt slightly better. The researchers then discovered the specific frequency and wavelength of bone cells and by means of a world wide patented complex system of air-cored magnetic coils and radio waves, it was found to be possible to transfer pulsed magnetic resonance energy (the same as the MRI scan) into the bone cells thereby initiating the metabolic process necessary for growth.
Studies, research and tests have shown that this technology can naturally stimulate the osteoblast cells aiding in the re-growth of bone and helping to increase bone density with improvements of up to 60% being shown.
How Is Treatment Done?
Treatment consists of 10 hourly sessions (interspersed by the weekend ). You will remain fully clothed and be either lying or sitting comfortably and can read, listen to music or simply snooze your time away (the machines are totally silent).
The treatment is completely painless acting almost unnoticed on the joints with some patients reporting a pleasant tingling sensation or an agreeable warmth.
At last, a natural and drug free alternative to osteoporosis.
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A Small Sample of the Research Done
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