Osteostrong’s Innovative Solutions Boca delivers powerful health benefits. In addition to increasing bone density and enhancing balance, strength, and athletic performance, it impacts immunity and reduces pain in the bones, joints, and muscles.
Four specialized machines deliver osteogenic loading sessions, a process developed by Dr. John Jaquish, that safely mimic high impact pressure. This is a key aspect of why our members leave every session feeling refreshed and energized.
Emulation is the process of copying or imitating something, usually a piece of software or hardware. This can be done on a computer by running the original software in a virtual environment. It can be useful for preserving old systems and combatting obsolescence.
A key benefit of emulation is that it saves money and resources by eliminating the need to maintain physical infrastructure. In addition, it can reduce e-waste and energy consumption. Using virtual systems also allows companies to consolidate servers, which reduces hardware costs and increases efficiency. It is also environmentally friendly, reducing the need for physical space and commuting-related emissions.
During emulation, neural processes are constantly operating on the information they can access. The ERN and the medial frontal negativity (MFN) are neurophysiological responses to sensory mismatches between internal predictions and actual experiences, suggesting that these signals can be used to correct errors in emulations. Similarly, the engram model of memory suggests that emulation is maintained by distributed networks of activated neurons similar to working memories.
In a business context, emulation can be used to improve security and combat fraud. Fraudsters can use emulators to spoof device ID and connection details, which can make it hard for businesses to detect them. Sophisticated anti-fraud measures include a combination of device fingerprinting, machine learning, data enrichment and human intelligence, which can prevent fraudsters from hiding behind emulators.
Osteostrong is a cutting-edge skeletal health system that uses high impact emulation to strengthen bones and posture, improve balance and posture, and increase bone density without the risk of injury. The innovative system was recently featured in the documentary film, Biohack Yourself. The film follows the Lollis as they seek to optimize their bodies through a variety of biohacking methods, including emulation, to address their personal health challenges and achieve wellness goals.
Bone Density
Bone density is a measure of how thick and strong your bones are. As you age, thinner, less dense bones are more likely to break (fracture) from a fall or other injury. This is especially true for postmenopausal women, who are at the highest risk because of declining oestrogen levels that lead to bone loss.
There are several ways to measure bone density, but the most common is dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, often referred to as a central DEXA scan or DXA. This test is painless and non-invasive, using a very low dose of radiation. A central DXA is done in a hospital or clinic and usually involves lying on a padded table with your back supported. Peripheral DXA machines are also available and can be used to measure bone density in your heel, wrist or finger. However, a peripheral DXA scan isn’t as accurate a predictor of fracture risk as one conducted at the spine or hip.
Your bone density results are reported as T-scores or Z-scores, which compare your score to a normal value for adults of your sex and size at the time of peak bone mass. A T score of -1 to +1 is considered normal; a T score of -2.5 or lower is classified as osteopenia, which may lead to osteoporosis if not treated.
At Osteostrong, our safe, science-based modalities are designed to boost your bone density and improve your T-score. While it can take 6 to 12 months before you see a change in your bone density results, we encourage you to be patient and stick with your Osteostrong program for the long term. This will ensure you experience a sustainable increase in your bone strength and prevent further bone loss.
Posture
Posture is how your body holds itself up when you are not moving — when you are sitting, standing or lying down. You may have been scolded by a teacher or parent to sit up straight and stop slouching. However, posture is not about being perfect – everyone’s bodies are slightly different and there are other factors that contribute to pain and health issues. Good posture involves training your body to be stable and balanced, so that weight is distributed evenly across your skeletal structure. This reduces the amount of stress on muscles and ligaments during movement and weight-bearing activities.
Poor posture can compress nerves and impede circulation, leading to muscle pain and stiffness. It can also affect breathing by making it difficult to expand the lungs. This can lead to oxygen deprivation, fatigue and weakness. It can also increase wear and tear on joints, causing arthritis in later life.
Correcting poor posture can help you feel better and improve your quality of life. It can also prevent back and neck problems, improve your appearance, and give you more energy. Good posture can even make sports and other activities more enjoyable and help you to perform better in your daily life and during athletic pursuits.
Orthopedists care about posture because it affects how your body moves and uses its muscles and bones. It can also influence your mood and the way you carry yourself. Poor posture can cause strain on the tendons and muscles in your back and neck. It can also put pressure on the spine, causing it to curve in or out unevenly. Kyphotic (round-back) posture or hunchback posture is a common type of poor posture. It is characterized by an exaggerated inward curvature of the spine and the shoulders rounding forward and pressing forward.
Strength
Osteostrong offers a scientific way to improve bone density, balance, and strength through skeletal conditioning. The company uses a technique called osteogenic loading, which is an alternative to high-impact force stimulation to stimulate the growth of new bone and muscle mass. The company is based in Oklahoma City.
Osteogenic loading works by placing axial pressure on bones, which allows muscles to compress the bones and stimulate a natural, healthy response to compression. This stimulation has been shown to increase the density and strength of bones, reduce the risk of osteoporosis and enhance balance and overall health.
Scientists have known for decades that the human body has natural adaptive responses that can tell it to grow bone and muscle tissue if given a proper stimulus, just like how our pupils expand in the dark and our skin sweats when we’re hot. But finding the right way to safely create these conditions to “turn the switch on” has been a challenge—until now.
During sessions, participants engage their full musculoskeletal system in a quick, once-per-week activity on state-of-the-art robotic musculoskeletal treatment devices that enable axial bone loading. Using the Spectrum System, which includes four modalities: Upper Growth Trigger, Lower Growth Trigger, Core Growth Trigger and Postural Growth Trigger, the company emulates the power of high-impact force to achieve osteogenic loading. This is safer than attempting high-impact activity and has been proven to be just as effective in increasing bone strength, balance and vitality.
Flexibility
Flexibility is the capacity of muscles, joints and other soft tissues to move through a full, pain-free range of motion. It is important for performance, posture and movement efficiency, prevents injury by maintaining appropriate muscle length, promotes proper body alignment and balance and decreases injury risk.
Flexibility can be measured using static or dynamic tests. Static tests assess one joint at a time and are often administered in laboratory settings or with specialized equipment, such as goniometers (an instrument that measures angles of a joint). Dynamic flexibility is typically measured by measuring repeated bending, twisting or touching movements. The most common dynamic flexibility tests include the sit-and-reach and forward lunge.
A few studies have examined the relationship between flexibility and health outcomes, but the results of these studies are mixed. Several factors may contribute to this result, including a lack of strong statistical power and the fact that flexibility is highly specific to individual joints. Therefore, establishing a link between a specific flexibility test item and one or more health outcomes would require a large, multisite, longitudinal study with careful controls.
In addition, the majority of research on flexibility has used a cross-sectional design and focused on a limited number of health outcomes. In general, the most commonly reported health outcome associated with flexibility is back pain; however, other possible health outcomes associated with flexibility are improvement in symptoms of low-back pain, reduction in the incidence of injuries (e.g., muscle and ligament strains) and better quality of life. Interestingly, some of the same studies that report a positive association between flexibility and certain health outcomes also find a negative association with other components of fitness, such as muscular endurance or body composition.