#29 - Inspirational Interview | Barbell Training With Scoliosis, Osteoarthritis & Osteopenia

People often wonder if it's safe to barbell training or powerlift if you have scoliosis or osteoarthritis in your joints. When done correctly, barbell resistance training is one of the best ways to reduce joint pain, improve posture, and slow the progression of your curvature and bone loss due to osteopenia and osteoporosis.   Our goal with bringing on some of our clients is to share their unique stories, experiences with barbell training, and how their training has impacted their lives positively despite the negative medical narratives and belief systems surrounding barbell strength training in hopes that it inspires even just one person out there.    In this series of interviews each episode consists of a PRS client sharing their journey of overcoming injuries and illnesses, recovering from surgeries, and navigating changes in their lives and the role that barbell training has played throughout this process for each of them. These are just a handful of our clients that are truly inspiring and motivating and we hope that sharing their stories will inspire you, your patients or clients, or your family to incorporate barbell training into your life or continue barbell training during challenging times.   In this interview, we'll sit down and speak with PRS client Jennie, a 58 year old librarian, living with arthritis in both knees and her right hip, osteopenia, and scoliosis. Before embarking on her barbell training journey, Jennie was dealing with pain and weakness and was working with a physical therapist who had her doing resistance band exercises at the same loads and rep ranges for nearly two years. Luckily, Jennie's son introduced her to barbell training and guided her along as a novice lifter. However, she struggled with technique and started to notice that she didn't look even when she was lifting. Because of her scoliosis and arthritic pain Jennie was not confident to continue barbell training independently. She was fearful of her hip shift, worsening her knees and hip, and how barbell training would affect her spine.    Nearly 3 years after regularly engaging in barbell training and progressive overload, Jennie can confidently say she is no longer fearful of imperfection under the barbell or worsening her scoliosis. We hope that by sharing Jennie's story, we can positively influence someone who has been told that squatting is bad for their knees or loading their spine will worsen their scoliosis, to get under the barbell and reap the positive benefits it will have on their life. If you're enjoying our podcast, please leave us a review on Apple or Spotify.   Join our Facebook Community for free form checks, live Q&As & more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PRS.Barbell.Mastery    Got questions or guests you'd like to hear on the show? Submit them here: https://forms.gle/7Vu2HmgHoeQY9xM59    Get in touch with the show! Web: https://www.progressiverehabandstrength.com Email: [email protected] Rori IG: @rorimegan_prs Alyssa IG: @alyssahope_prs