Had to go for my bone density scan today having found out 2 years ago i had Osteoporosis .Hoping for it to have stayed the same as i went against the advice of the specialist and carried on riding .(After talking to my G.P. )Apparently 4% is classed as a significant improvement , mine has improved by 10% GET IN !!!!!!!Don't need another scan for 5 years instead of the usual 2 .Just thought i'd share . 😀
nice one
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sorry chap i seem to have borked your thread.
great news and to quote Crispy Bacon
Yer 10% thicker 😆 😆
Fantastic news oldfart. 😀 Your long holiday this year in Canada was for medicinal purposes wasn't it?
Hope to catch up with you on the Q's before too long. 🙂
Congrats on your good news, makes up for all the bad stuff going on in the world.
yes indeed elaine a catch up ride is WELL overdue !
I though regular exercise maintained density. Why did the spec tell you to stop?
[i]regular exercise maintained density.[/i]
a lot of cyclists have low bone density - sweating leeches calcium out of the your body and cycling, being low impact, doesn't cause bone growth to compensate.
I had the bone density of a 75 year old man when I fell off my bike and broke my hip - I was 35. A year doing running and other impact activities got that down to a 55 year old man level. I wasn't told to stop cycling but was told I was at increased risk of further breaks untilI got my bone density up.
well done oldfart 🙂
Buzz spec reckoned mtbing caused too much jarring on my back .His suggestion ?Take up jogging !!!!When i said it didn't make sense he said that direct impact from jogging would help load my bones ?Thing is as well i've since boned up about it (sorry! ) apparently it can be prevented by exposure to sunshine for Vitamin D and doing lots of walking .When i was off work for so long i worked out that as a postman for nigh on 27 years i had done something in the region of 17,000 hours walking !As they say go figure !
Need to get mine redone at some point as well. Mine's because of another condition but my consultant found it highly amusing when I went back to cycling to rebuild my leg- "At your age, there's only 4 reasons someone would have osteoperosis- terrible diet, bad genes, coeliac disease, or over-keen cycling". Oops.
Great news oldfart! Presumably, denser bones = heavier = not so quick up them damn hills! 😉
Abx
Fantasticular news.
Thanks Shane .AB missing you must get out riding again soon .x Oh BTW fitness has gone to pot a bit and i need to lose 1/2 stone !