WHAT IS OSTEOSTRONG?

What Is OsteoStrong^®?

A Unique System For Developing Your Skeletal Strength

OsteoStrong^® is not a gym, diet, supplement, pharmaceutical, or a medical treatment. OsteoStrong^® is a unique place where you can go to improve your overall health by focusing on the one thing we all have in common: a skeletal system.

The skeletal system is the foundation for your body and provides more than just strength and protection. It is arguably one of the most critical systems of the human body, and by implementing a strategy to care for and strengthen it, many experience the following results:

• Improved Bone Density
• Improved Posture
• Improved Balance
• Improved Athletic Performance
• Less Joint and Back Pain

OsteoStrong^® works for people at all ages and levels of activity to promote skeletal strength which impacts the entire body in many ways using a process known as Osteogenic Loading. Sessions are quick, painless, and results are measurable and happen quickly. There are a few things to know prior to coming in your first time so that you can make the best of the experience.

^{OsteoStrong uses a uniquely designed set of robotic devices along with biofeedback that safely emulates high-impact forces. It is a well-known principle of the human physiology that the human muscular-skeletal chain responds to heavy impact forces by growing new bone and muscle tissue.}

^{The natural response that happens when people start building more bone than they naturally lose is called osteogenesis. It is something that’s available to all humans at just about any age. In fact, there have been about 25,000 clinical studies that support this, and it is taught in medical schools all around the world. However, scientists have only recently discovered what the actual minimum amount of pressure needed to trigger osteogenesis.}

^{A study published in 2012 out of Bristol, United Kingdom showed that subjects were only capable of triggering osteogeneses in the hip if they were achieving a minimum force of 4.2 multiples of their own body weight.}

^{That study changed everything we thought about developing skeletal strength. You see, up until that study concluded, most people thought that weightlifting, running, yoga, or walking would increase bone and strength. This study showed that the pressure needed to trigger osteogenesis was far greater than those exerted in basic exercise and couldn’t be achieved by most people safely outside of OsteoStrong.}

^{OsteoStrong is remarkable because it allows people of just about any age or fitness level to experience the benefits of high-impact forces on the body, BUT in a much safer and controlled way.}

^{There are many questions that our members ask when they start the OsteoStrong program. Here are five of the most common:}

• _{1. Isn’t this like isometric exercise?}

• _{2. Why couldn’t I just do this at the gym or at home?}

• _{3. Does this replace the need to go to the gym?}

• _{4. How long do I need to do this to get results?}

• _{5. Why can’t I do sessions more than once per week?}

ISN’T THIS LIKE ISOMETRIC EXERCISE?

Isometric exercises are great and are very safe for the joints, but the objective of OsteoStrong is to develop skeletal strength. Because we have learned from clinical research that it requires at least 4.2 multiples of body weight in the hip joint to trigger osteogenesis, most types of isometric exercises are incapable of delivering the needed load to achieve the desired result. While OsteoStrong is as safe as isometric exercise, it also provides an opportunity to achieve higher multiples of body weight which aids in reconditioning of bone and muscle tissue.

WHY COULDN’T I JUST DO THIS AT THE GYM OR AT HOME?

It is possible, but not safe. In fact, one class of athletes that are pound- for- pound, some of the strongest and most powerful athletes in the world are gymnasts. They have some of the densest bone and muscle tissue of anyone. This is because they regularly experience high impact force. But, as you probably know, the average retirement age for a gymnast is 19 years old. It’s not because they’re too old or getting weak; it’s because the high impact force of gymnastics is so hard on the joints. In fact, gymnasts often have some the highest rates of hip and knee replacement surgeries of any athlete.

So, while it may be possible to trigger osteogenesis in home or at the gym, the challenge is in trying to achieve the minimum threshold of 4.2 multiples of body weight at the gym or home in a SAFE way. Take for instance a person weighing 150 lbs. They would need to apply force of over 630 lbs. to their muscular skeletal structure in efforts to trigger osteogenesis. This load applied in a gym or home setting would put the body at high risk of injury.

By engaging in the OsteoStrong system, you are getting all the benefits of impact force WITHOUT the risk of injury.

DOES THIS REPLACE THE NEED TO GO TO THE GYM?

There are a lot of benefits that come from traditional exercise that you would do at the gym. OsteoStrong does not cover all of those bases, and we would never dissuade someone from exercise. For those that go to the gym, they’ll find that OsteoStrong accelerates their results. Additionally, OsteoStrong helps to reduce or eliminate joint and back pain by strengthening the joints and surrounding tissues. Many of the modalities offered at OsteoStrong can help rapidly speed up your recovery. The OsteoStrong program helps people prevent injuries they may experience while exercising in the gym. We don’t see people quitting the gym to come to an OsteoStrong center or vice versa, but the two actually have more of a symbiotic affect when used in conjunction with each other. Olympic athletes that engage in both their daily training and weekly OsteoStrong sessions are experiencing incredible breakthroughs in speed, strength, recovery and mind/body connectivity.

HOW LONG DO I NEED TO KEEP DOING OSTEOSTRONG TO GET RESULTS?

The human body typically loses about 1% of its bone mass every year after the age of 30. It’s one of the reasons why people start losing strength, increasing joint and back pain, and their posture declines. OsteoStrong sessions often reverse these effects for everyone fairly quickly, and while the results happen quickly for most, they linger on for quite some time after stopping sessions. However, the body will continue to lose 1% of bone mass if there is no bone growth stimulant.

I guess a better question is “If I could get stronger with age, why wouldn’t I?”

One of the things that surprises most people about the results from OsteoStrong sessions are the incredible strength gains. No matter if someone is an elite, peak-performing athlete or an elderly, deconditioned person, the physical strength and power increases are remarkable and can continue for as long as they do their OsteoStrong sessions. In fact, we performed a four-year case study on 500 people with an average age of 52. (We chose subjects in that age demographic because seeing strength gains at that age is generally difficult to achieve. We figured that if we could simply stabilize the strength of this group over four years, it would be a success.) Over four years, the subjects of the study experienced an average 290% strength gain. That’s a game changer on every level and an increase we have never seen with any other strength training modality.

WHY CAN’T I DO SESSIONS MORE THAN ONCE PER WEEK?

The reason why we do not allow clients to do more than one osteogenic loading session a week is that the bone metabolizes more slowly than other tissues. For instance, we know that after strength training, muscles require about 36 hours to recover. With cardiovascular exercise, the body can recover in a matter of hours. Bone mass is different. It is much slower. We have found that it takes about 7-10 days until it is ready for another osteogenic loading session. More frequent sessions have shown to slow results.