Susan's Bone Density Results

Susan went a different route.

She didn't like the radiation associated with DEXA scans so she decided to have a bone scan with some relatively new technology called Echolight. Some think this will eventually become the new gold standard. We'll see.

Susan started at STRONG WOMEN ROCK in January 2024 right after her recent DEXA scan showed another decline in bone density.

After 3 months of 20 second bone building sessions on the viiiivPRO she decided to go for her first Echolight scan in April 2024.

Fast forward 11 months to early March 2025. Susan gets a follow up Echolight scan.

Results?

Susan's TOTAL SPINE BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD) increased by 2.7%. But in my opinion that number is likely much higher.

Here's the rest of the story.

Her LUMBAR 1, 3, and 4 increased by 10%, 11%, and 14% respectively compared to her previous exam.

But Brian, you forgot to mention L2.

Here's why.

Her previous exam was conducted in North Carolina, and on that exam her L2 had the highest BMD out of all 4 lumbar vertebrae; 45% higher than L1, 18.7% higher than L3, and 19.3% higher than L4.

Keep in mind that her L2 BMD on this exam was close to what her DEXA exam measured a few months earlier.

Her follow up exam was conducted in Georgia, and on that exam her L2 decreased by 14%.

When I asked about this Susan told me the technician was having a hard time getting a reading on that one site. The reason given for this was "possibly a gas bubble."

Whatever the reason, and there can be many, such a large decrease did not make sense especially since all the other sites had such large increases.

I've seen decreases in one area despite increases in others but it's usually because of known arthritis or preexisting deterioration of some sort, and Susan doesn't have that.

Based on all that I think Susan's SPINE BMD was actually much higher, but we have to go with the numbers present right now.

In addition to her spine improvements, Susan also had a 4.8% improvement in her TOTAL HIP BMD with a 3.8% improvement in the critically important FEMUR NECK.

Yet again here is more evidence of the remodeling adaptive response to just a few seconds, I'll say it again -- SECONDS, on the viiivPRO.