🚨 OSTEOPENIA + EXERCISE 🚨
Diagnosed with osteopenia? That doesn’t mean you need to STOP loading your body. It means you need to learn how to load it appropriately. 💪
Your bones respond to stress, and strength training is one of the best ways to give them the stimulus they need to adapt and get stronger.
And you don’t need some completely different exercise program! Focus on the same foundational movement patterns:
1️⃣ Goblet Squat (Squat)
2️⃣ RDL (Hinge)
3️⃣ Incline Dumbbell Bench (Push)
4️⃣ Half Kneeling High to Low Row (Pull)
5️⃣ Trap Bar Farmer’s Carry (Carry)
💡 The difference isn’t WHAT you train. It’s WHERE you start.
Maybe that’s bodyweight. Maybe it’s a TRX, dumbbells or machines. Maybe you start with a smaller range of motion or lighter load.
An osteopenia diagnosis doesn’t mean everything is suddenly off-limits. Find the version that matches your current ability, build confidence and progressively load it over time.
❤️ Your body adapts to what you ask it to do.
💪 This is your reason to get STRONGER.
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At The Physio Fix, our goal is to provide top quality, affordable, 1-on-1 physical therapy services - we offer in person in Phoenix, AZ, virtually & template program for accessibility! At The Physio Fix, our goal is to provide top quality, affordable, accessible physical therapy services to anyone, anywhere, at any time. We use a comprehensive initial assessment to identify impairments in mobility
💢 5 UNCONVENTIONAL CORE EXERCISES 💢
Your core is WAY more than just a 6-pack. 👏
One of its biggest jobs is to help brace and stabilize your spine while you move. That means a good core program shouldn’t just be crunches. It should challenge your ability to control bending, extending, rotating and twisting.
Personally, I consider the “core” anything from the shoulders to the hips. 💪
I love mixing in unique + challenging exercises to build strength, improve control and increase tissue capacity.
🎦 Try these 5:
1️⃣ Pallof Press + Rotations
2️⃣ Inverted Chinese Plank
3️⃣ Side Plank + Row
4️⃣ Plank KB Drags
5️⃣ Hollow Body Hold
🔥 Which one are you trying first?
Save this for your next core workout + tag someone who needs some new core exercises!
08/18/2026
💥 Low Back Pain? 💥
Putting too much extension through your low back and ending up with pain?
🚨 Your facet joints may be getting irritated! This is common in people who spend a lot of time in lumbar extension, whether that’s during lifting, standing, walking, yoga, gymnastics, or everyday movement.
The answer usually isn’t to stop moving. Instead, we want to improve your ability to control spinal position, build stability through the trunk, and create movement from the hips and thoracic spine when appropriate.
Here are some of Dr. Olivia DeMichele PT, DPT, CSCS, LSVT Big (our spine specialist) go-to exercises for facet-related low back pain:
1️⃣ Jefferson Curl: move the spine in flexion and reduce sensitivity to extension
2️⃣ Pallof Press + Squat: build core and back stability while moving through your hips and knees
3️⃣ Feet Elevated Lat Pullover: improve thoracic extension control without compensating through the low back
4️⃣ Dead Bug with Foam Roller: create awareness of core engagement and spinal position
5️⃣ Side Plank Clam with Chest Press: challenge hip, core, and rotational stability
‼️ Remember: the goal isn’t to completely avoid extension. The goal is to improve your ability to move through multiple areas of the body and control your spine under load!
If extension-based movements tend to aggravate your back, give these exercises a try and let me know which one feels best.
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📍Let us know if you have any questions 👇
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