Stronger Bones Lifestyle Osteoporosis, Osteopenia & Bone Health Podcast

Welcome back to the  Her Story: Osteoporosis series of the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. Join us as we dive into the world of bone health with women with a diagnosis of osteoporosis or osteopenia sharing experiences, insights, and strategies for leading a stronger life and taking control of their bone health.

Today Debi talks to Joy Skolnik, a happy, productive, relatively healthy, soon to be 90 year old, whose career in the medical field spanned over 60 years in various positions including as an orthopedic technician and has helped to restore the mobility of thousands of patients throughout the world.

Join Debi and Joy as they discuss her journey and experience with orthopedics, balancing physical and emotional health throughout her life and how she has incorporated everything she has learned from her career into her own healthy lifestyle.

Key  Takeaways:
[2:49] Her journey as an orthopedic tech
[13:57] How lifestyle affected orthopedic surgery outcomes
[15:24] Her mindset around staying healthy
[16:52] Her tips for staying strong physically
[23:23] Motivating factors to stay healthy

 Memorable Quotes:
"We recommended to many many patients that prior to going into surgery that they elevate their standard of existence in terms of their diet, in terms of their exercise, resolving any issues that were making them unhappy…You have to be a whole human being to have a successful surgery" -Joy [14:13]
 
"We have to take to care of ourselves, there’s no one else coming in to do it for us. It’s not here to take this pill, here is this supplement, or here is this thing. It isn’t, it’s a self-care practice.” -Debi [20:25]

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• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
• Cultural Immersion to Bali 2023

Welcome to the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. I am your host, Debi Robinson. 

Today in this solo episode, I discuss the seven root causes of bone loss, how they each contribute to loss and what you need to do to support bone building. 

Listen to this episode to learn more about how the immune system and gut health are connected to bone loss and bone building, the importance of maintaining the internal pH of your body and how to qualify your success without a new DEXA scan.

Key  Takeaways:
[1:02] The 7 main causes of bone loss
[1:30] Inflammation
[2:19] 80% of immune system is in the gut
[3:13] The process of food
[8:13] The two things that are going to build bones
[9:56] Labs to detect root causes
[11:23] Acidity
[11:46] Two main organs to maintain pH
[13:24] Hormones
[14:23] Is bone loss reversible
[16:53] Other factors
[17:52] Qualifying success
[19:00] Fiber
[20:11] Leave you with one question

Memorable Quotes:
"If you someone in the high 4s or even in the high 3s with osteoporosis, can you work for the next 15 years and do all that you can to get back to osteopenia?  I’m gonna say maybe because we don’t know.” [15:42] - Debi

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• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
• Cultural Immersion to Bali 2023

Welcome back to the  Her Story: Osteoporosis series of the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. Join us as we dive into the world of bone health with women with a diagnosis of osteoporosis or osteopenia sharing experiences, insights, and strategies for leading a stronger life and taking control of their bone health.

Today Debi talks to Carolyn Cohen, Functional Medicine Health Coach and host of the Wellness While Walking podcast about her healthy journey, how her children helped inspired her lifestyle change, her podcast and the importance of small steps.

Join Debi and Carolyn as they discuss what got them to the start line and how to take that first step.

Key  Takeaways:
Her journey [5:53]
How going to the doctor has changed [14:04]
Why do women only change for others? [16:30]
The pause [17:59]
The start line [19:41]
Carolyn's approach [20:30]
Small steps [21:42]
Starting her podcast [32:11]
Motion is lotion [39:02]
Information is queen [43:10]
Carolyn’s small steps to help you get healthier [44:37]

Where to Find Our Guest:
Website
Instagram

Memorable Quotes:
"There are these smaller steps and sometimes they lead to the bigger thing. But sometimes the small steps are sufficient." - Carolyn [25:41]

"When your feet are hitting the ground you’re actually starting that whole kinetic chain of alignment in your joints. When your joints are aligned, you’re going to minimize wear and tear, so talking about healthy aging, happy aging, pain free aging.' - Debi [40:10]

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• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
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Welcome to the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. I am your host, Debi Robinson. In this episode I will be talking about the validity of scientific research, potential red flags to look out for when reading a study and the personal bias that we all may have. 

Key  Takeaways:
[2:46] What are the variables?

[4:12] What is the lens you're looking at?

[5:39] It's never definitive

[7:01] Most studies done on men

[8:34] Saying we don’t really know

[13:09] We really don’t know a lot

[15:41] How much protein do we need

[16:37] Do your best and leave the rest

Memorable Quotes:
"When it comes to evidence based, when it comes to science based, it’s never definitive, it’s never 100%. Whatever it is that’s being studied, there are so many variables that are taking place, maybe they hold one thing constant just to get a gage for whatever it is they are looking at but then there’s all these other factors that are happening and you could do a study one day and then the next day and the next day and the next day and get different results for each time you do it." [5:34] - Debi

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• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
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Welcome to the first episode in the Her Story: Osteoporosis series of the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. Join us as we dive into the world of bone health with women with a diagnosis of osteoporosis or osteopenia sharing experiences, insights, and strategies for leading a stronger life and taking control of their bone health.

Today Debi talks to Sue Edgley, a Therapist & Healer, who worked at the National Health Services in the UK for 12 years about her journey with osteoporosis, her experience with the echolight scan and bone loss.

Key  Takeaways:
[8:20] Correlation between gut health and bone health
[9:35] How do you know whats going on in your gut
[10:12} Her journey with osteoporosis
[13:18] Echolight
[16:10] DXA scan issues
[26:19] Why are you loosing bone in the first place
[26:40] Bone absorption markers
[29:23] Common digestive issues
[36:05] Forward folding
[39:14] Vitamin D
[46:07] Is bone loss reversible

Where to Find Our Guest:
Website

Memorable Quotes:
"What I’d like everybody to realize is that often it doesn’t mean you are going to break because the bones can be strong even though they are thinner than when you were thirty." [40:43]  – Sue

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• Instagram: @debirobinsonwellness
• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
• Cultural Immersion to Bali 2023

Welcome to the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. I am your host, Debi Robinson. In this episode I will be talking about how practicing yoga will help with osteoporosis, two things that build stronger bones, important aspects of bone health and the biggest things to focus on when it comes to bone health.

Key  Takeaways:
[1:44] The word yoga
[2:28] Yoga therapy
[5:00] Staying safe during yoga
[5:17] Why yoga is the answer for healthy ageing
[6:03] Biggest things to focus on when it comes to bone health
[7:30] Dr. Fishman ongoing study about bone density
[8:26] Two things that build stronger bones
[9:35] Important aspects of bone health
[11:29] Flexibility
[15:45]Joint alignment
[16:27] Posture as an aspect of spinal alignment
[19:08] Western changes to yoga
[22:55] Fall prevention
[23:47] Improving balance
[25:21] Subtle aspects of yoga
[26:34] Breathe is the connector between the body and the mind
[28:48] Mindfulness
[29:50] How practicing yoga will help with osteoporosis
[31:29] Choose 100

Memorable Quotes:
"The more flexibility you have in your body, the better your body will receive anything that happens – slipping, tripping falling. Bones don’t break because they’re fragile, they break because we fall. " [13:48] - Debi

"When you improve your confidence, you’re gonna move more, do more, create more bone building and muscle building stimulation." [25:16] - Debi

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• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
• Cultural Immersion to Bali 2023

Welcome to the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. I am your host, Debi Robinson. In this episode I will be talking about the role stress plays in bone loss, tips on managing stress, what can happen if stress is not managed and the importance of living in the present moment.

Key  Takeaways:
[1:21] If you don’t manage stress
[3:19] What does stress mean

[6:12] Why most metabolic diseases are in women

[7:17] One big tip

[9:19] Living in the present moment

]11:28] The on-switches of of bone building

[14:41] Add it to the list

Memorable Quotes:
'If you do not manage stress, you will not be successful or as successful, at reversing bone loss, or even slowing it down." [5:40]

"The nervous system that you’re here with today, you got here because you survived every generation before you. And whatever they were up against, is the imprint of the nervous system you have today" [11:58]

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Do you know the effect of posture on bone health? Today on the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast Debi talks to Dr. Chad Moreau about postural awareness and how it is related to bone health. Dr. Chad is recognized as a leader in both the sports chiropractic therapy and fitness training fields. He has over 2 decades of experience in the Los Angeles area working with athletes and every day people that have the athletic mind-set. 

In this episode Debi and Dr. Chad talk about the importance of the fascia and how it train it to do good, reversing bone loss and finding experts to help.

Key  Takeaways:
[3:08] How important is posture
[4:16] How posture distortion can affect nervous system
[5:00] Soft tissue
[10:39] Reversing bone loss
[12:54] Posture tips
[17:33] Nervous system components of posture
[21: 16] Preventative actions 

Where to Find Guest:
Website

Memorable Quotes:
"I'm a big fascia guy. Everybody wants to talk about muscles but the reality is our muscles are just doing what our nervous system tells them to do - Contract or relax" [5:04] - Dr. Chad

The biggest thing I tell people get help. The people that know what they’re doing in whatever field you’re interested in whether its yoga or Pilates or strength and conditioning training or swimming or whatever it that you enjoy doing, get help and try to be as efficient as it as possible [21:16] - Dr. Chad

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Have you experienced Restless Leg Syndrome? Today on the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast Debi welcomes back Dr. Loren Fishman to discuss Restless Leg Syndrome. Dr. Fishman has used Yoga as a treatment for women in their 60’s who have reversed bone loss without medication or nutritional intervention. 

In this episode Dr. Fishman and Debi talk about some of the reasons why Restless Leg Syndrome may occur and the ways you can help it stop including a cure Dr Fishman has used on many patients.

Key  Takeaways:
[2:08] What is Restless Leg Syndrome
[2:54] A cure for Restless Leg Syndrome
[5:56] What is the placebo response
[7:17] Dopamine
[7:45] Meditation for Restless Leg Syndrome
[8:16] Unusual yoga effects
[9:04] Minerals and Restless Leg Syndrome
[11:46] Gut health and Restless Leg Syndrome
[13:57] Sleep and Restless Leg Syndrome
[15:55] Mantra
[19:48] Looking for a pill
[23:07] Restless mind syndrome
[24:49] Glial cells and sleep

Where to Find Guest:
Sciatica.org
manhattanphysicalmedicine.com
12 Poses vs Osteoporosis 
Yoga for Osteoporosis

Memorable Quotes:
"The intestine is the greatest endocrine organ in our bodies, I’m not talking about what it secretes into its own tube, I’m talking about what it secretes outwards to the systemic circulation. There’s so many hormones that come out of it, they don’t even have names for them, they call them “M” “L” “R”…And they have fabulous effects on everything, only on everything." [12:26] - Dr. Fishman

"Sleep is like giving your brain a bath-Debi
Exactly and then you let the water out of the bath. The brain stays and the water goes." [26:23] -Dr. Fishman

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Welcome to the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. I am your host, Debi Robinson. In this episode I will be talking about the link between gut health and bone health, the symptoms of an unhealthy gut, substitutes for a healthy gut, the four musketeers of bone health and why you are what you absorb. 

Key  Takeaways:
[1:51] Two things that will build bones
[2:50] From the mouth to the anus 
[3:28] You are what you absorb 
[4:03] Osteopenia definition
[5:03] Minerals play a critical role
[8:09] Supply the bank
[9:09] What are the symptoms of an unhealthy gut
[9:50] The size of your gut
[12:59] Whats getting in the way of your nourishment
[14:16] Top 5 foods to avoid for gut health
[19:21] Substitutes for a healthy gut
[24:04] Seed your gut garden
[25:59] Four musketeers of bone health
[27:30] Pay attention to your gut health

Memorable Quotes:
"For some there’s more going on and it may take months or years to heal what you need to heal but it is a lifestyle.” [11:30]

"So pay attention to your gut health when it comes to bone health, raise you awareness. If you want to be in control and take charge, number one place to begin is in the gut." [27:30]

 To learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:

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• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
• Cultural Immersion to Bali 2023