Osteoporosis - can any relief be found?

[Ann]

My 88 year old Mum had a fall last October and sustained a small fracture of the pelvis (pubis rami) which took several weeks to heal. Since January she has struggled with severe back pain and had an xray in February. Her GP rang her to tell her the xray result - it is a crushed 5th vertebrae in her spine and he told her she has osteoporosis caused by a Vitamin D deficiency, he prescribed Vit D tablets, Tramadol for the pain and Lanzoprazole to take with the pain killers. Nothing seems to take away her pain, she was a very active person until her fall in town, but she hardly wants to move out of her chair now. For the past week the lower back pain seems to have moved much higher up. She did have a bad hacking cough 4 weeks ago, could she have fractured a rib perhaps through coughing? Is there any other treatment she could have e.g physio or exercises to do at home? I wondered about a pelvic belt which is often advertised. Surely she won't have to be like this this for the rest of her days? I thought osteoporosis was brittle bone disease, she has never broken any other bone in her life and the one she did break was caused a her tripping on a kerb. Isn't the main symptom of osteoporosis a hunched back? She does not have that. Her GP is not all that helpful, he prefers to ring his patients rather than see them (do they even do home visits these days?) We have phoned him several times but he just advises taking these painkillers. I just wondered if I could find a way of helping her find some quality of life again. Please advise if you can............ many thanks.

[zanbird]

I have it along with a couple of other issues. & there are some treatment- but Not a cure. But everyone is different, but I Highly recommend thsi free International online support group for both of you. It has helped me and has good information.

https://www.myosteoteam.com/?utm_medium=email&;utm_source=sendgrid


Can she do some seated stretches or standing by a table or chair. Any light movement is important. Start with "baby steps" & find what helps her.
( I can't lay on my back for more than 5 minutes, so I don't do those type of stretches but I look for what I Can do.
Attitude is Key Especially with Chronic conditions & Pain)

I find Youtube's Bob & Brad's exercises a Down to Earth approach.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bob+and+brad+osteoporosis+exercises+

Good Luck