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one who encouraged the group to head toward the bears, after all. After all these years, we still get excited like a young couple off on their first vacation together. It’s pretty special, and I don’t take it for granted. Later this summer, we’ll be heading to Glacier National Park in Montana. Who knows if we’ll have another bear sighting, but I’m sure there’s something special in store. And when we return, it will be refreshing to be home again. Well, unless the heat index is still in the triple digits.
As we trekked up the trail, we saw another group heading in the opposite direction. These folks were running. “Bear! Bear!” they screamed. I figured that, as a group of 12 or so, we’d be fine, so we decided to continue on. Soon enough, we came across a mother grizzly bear and her cubs. They were probably about 50 yards or so from us. I took out my Super 8 camera (remember those?) and took some footage. The bears, thankfully, headed in the other direction, and we made our way back down. By the time we reached the base of the trail, it had been closed and there were signs declaring a bear sighting. I’m grateful to have the perfect travel companion in Susie. We have a great balance. She’s more of a planner, while I’m the spontaneous one. I’m the
–Dr. Jan L. Cobble
OSTEOSTRONG TULSA A Workout for Your Skeletal System
Since opening in April, OsteoStrong Tulsa has been flourishing. At Masterpiece Smiles, we believe Marcy and Sue are providing an invaluable service to residents of our community. Therefore, we want to shine a light on them and encourage you to check out their facility. We promise you won’t be disappointed. We’d like to thank Marcy Smith for being one of our longest-serving patients. “I’ve been coming to Jan since I was 12 years old. Now I’m in my 50s, and he’s still the only dentist I’d consider seeing,” she says. More than that, though, we want to thank Marcy and Sue for providing Tulsa with its very own OsteoStrong. OsteoStrong Tulsa is located at 5940 South Lewis Ave. You can learn more by attending one of our “Osteogenic Loading” presentations. Presentations last an hour and are given each Tuesday at 6 p.m. or Friday at 12 p.m. To reserve your seat, simply call 918-528- 3828 or send an email to TulsaMidtown@ OsteoStrong.me. You may also visit the corporate website at OsteoStrong.me.
of closing. “Aunt Dayna called and suggested we open an OsteoStrong right here in Tulsa,” Marcy says. “She didn’t even realize the week she called was the same week we were closing the garden center. But Sue and I didn’t want to run a Lucy-and-Ethel ‘Vitemeatavegamin’ business, so we had to do our research first.” What they found was that OsteoStrong had the potential to increase bone density in adults of all ages. “I’ll do my best to give you the 30-second elevator speech,” Marcy says. “OsteoStrong is a facility that uses a circuit of four robotic musculoskeletal development machines to load your skeletal system and trigger bone growth naturally. It’s a once- weekly, 15-minute session specifically designed to strengthen your skeletal system. All appointments include one-on-one coaching with a focus on form and safety.” Rather than attempting to be a one-size-fits-all fitness program, OsteoStrong is targeted to delivering one specific and important outcome: stronger bones. “At age 30, men and women alike begin to lose bone density,” Marcy says. “OsteoStrong is something people should be doing preventatively. Sue and I are very proud to bring this service to the people of Tulsa.”
According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, roughly 54 million Americans age 50 and older suffer from osteoporosis and low bone mass. These conditions make bones more fragile and increase the risk of fractures and other injuries. Osteoporosis keeps people from being active and hurts their quality of life. It’s something Marcy Smith saw firsthand when her aunt, Dayna Glanz, was diagnosed with osteoporosis. “As a retired nurse practitioner, my Aunt Dayna knew she didn’t want to go the pharmaceutical route for treatment,” Marcy recalls. “She decided to Google bone density exercises and found out about a facility called OsteoStrong. Not wanting to be overly excited or hopeful, she drove 90 miles in secret to visit an OsteoStrong on a weekly basis. After six months, she was convinced of its effectiveness and began to spread the word. Soon after, she opened her own OsteoStrong franchise in Columbia, Missouri.” As Dayna was in the process of opening her OsteoStrong, Marcy and her partner, Sue Welch, were looking for a new business opportunity. Their garden center, which they had owned for nine years, was in the process
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