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Genesis 18:32, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Acts 5:29
Bet BIGPharma won't like this . . . But BIGMedTech will, once the necessary research is done to determine what, how much, where, etc.
Still a long way off to help those of us with osteoporosis, etc.
Imagine the money and suffering this could someday save if it could be used to prevent osteoporosis!
Andy Corbley
Mar 4, 2025
"A vibrational therapy could be used to replicate a strengthening activity like weightlifting in patients whose bones are broken or brittle, suggests a new study.
It addresses an interesting paradox: bones become denser when subjected to mechanical force and load—which is true even for broken bones—which can’t be subjected to mechanical force or load.
The study looked to see if, by examining genetic expression during a vibrational therapy on bones, it could be possible to replicate these laborious, healing forces in patients who can’t perform activities like weightlifting.
There’s an old saying in medicine which goes “break your hip, die of pneumonia.” While these two diseases might seem to have nothing in common, they’re a duo responsible for a large number of deaths among the elderly in society.
Bone density dramatically declines as we age, and is accelerated among those who don’t perform resistance exercise, strength training, or weightlifting.
“Ideally, we need new therapeutic approaches to delaying the breakdown of bone in old age,” said Neashan Mathavan, a researcher at the Department of Health Sciences at the Technical University of Switzerland (ETH).
Mathavan is a lead author on a new study that looked to see if bones fractured by old age could be thickened with a unique “vibration therapy” by exploiting the genetics of bone growth and repair.
Bone does not just grow in any which way—rather, the bone cells respond to external forces. If bones are subjected to targeted mechanical loading as they heal following a fracture, they can potentially become larger, denser and more stable than they were before the fracture occurred.
While this was demonstrated in mice, the mechanism that drives this effect isn’t understood."
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Still a long way off to help those of us with osteoporosis, etc.
Imagine the money and suffering this could someday save if it could be used to prevent osteoporosis!
Vibrations Can Stimulate Bone Growth: Study Paves the Way for Developing New Therapies
ByAndy Corbley
Mar 4, 2025
"A vibrational therapy could be used to replicate a strengthening activity like weightlifting in patients whose bones are broken or brittle, suggests a new study.
It addresses an interesting paradox: bones become denser when subjected to mechanical force and load—which is true even for broken bones—which can’t be subjected to mechanical force or load.
The study looked to see if, by examining genetic expression during a vibrational therapy on bones, it could be possible to replicate these laborious, healing forces in patients who can’t perform activities like weightlifting.
There’s an old saying in medicine which goes “break your hip, die of pneumonia.” While these two diseases might seem to have nothing in common, they’re a duo responsible for a large number of deaths among the elderly in society.
Bone density dramatically declines as we age, and is accelerated among those who don’t perform resistance exercise, strength training, or weightlifting.
“Ideally, we need new therapeutic approaches to delaying the breakdown of bone in old age,” said Neashan Mathavan, a researcher at the Department of Health Sciences at the Technical University of Switzerland (ETH).
Mathavan is a lead author on a new study that looked to see if bones fractured by old age could be thickened with a unique “vibration therapy” by exploiting the genetics of bone growth and repair.
Bone does not just grow in any which way—rather, the bone cells respond to external forces. If bones are subjected to targeted mechanical loading as they heal following a fracture, they can potentially become larger, denser and more stable than they were before the fracture occurred.
While this was demonstrated in mice, the mechanism that drives this effect isn’t understood."
More
Vibrations Can Stimulate Bone Growth: Study Paves the Way for Developing New Therapies
Bone density dramatically declines as we age, and is accelerated among those who don't perform resistance exercise or strength training.
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