The Right Exercise for Women with Osteoporosis and Osteopenia with an Experienced Physical Therapist.

 

I help women with osteopenia and osteoporosis stop bone loss with weight-bearing exercise, prevent falls that fracture and stay fearlessly active with their friends and families for years to come.

 
 
 

Welcome, I’m Andrea

I want you to stop living in fear of fractures. Understand your diagnosis and start living your active lifestyle today.

  • Have you been told you have osteopenia or osteoporosis, know you need to do weight-bearing exercise, but don’t know where to start?

  • Do you need to do weight-bearing exercises to keep your bones strong, but you don’t like gyms, and would prefer to exercise at home?

  • Did you try an online exercise class, but got lost or hurt, because it was not for beginners with osteoporosis or osteopenia?

  • Have you tried free online exercise classes but stopped because they weren’t fun to do alone?

  • Have you wondered if you could improve your DEXA scan t-score if you added weight training to your regular walking routine?

  • Strong Women, Strong Bones 4-Week Jumpstart

    Osteoporosis and Osteopenia are serious bone conditions that require weight training, flexibility, and good nutrition. Have you wondered how to achieve this balance?

    This is THE program for you.

    Learn how and why to do the exercises you need to change your bone status and feel confident in your body.

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  • Content Library Monthly Membership

    Self-paced and self-motivated, this is the pass for you. These are pre-recorded classes, you can take as many as you like. The pass will renew each month until you cancel.

    This pass does not include access to special classes or series.

    The Strong Women, Strong Bones 4-Week program is not included.

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  • Yoga for Osteoporosis 6-Class Video Series

    Have you wondered if you can practice yoga, even though your bones aren't quite as strong as they used to be?

    This 6-class video series was specifically designed for adults who have concerns about low bone density, osteoporosis, or osteopenia.

    The series was recorded live, over 6 weeks. You can take the classes, in order, once a week, or at whatever pace feels good to you.

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What People are Saying…

  • I joined Andrea's Jump Start class in January 2022, and then transitioned to join her class of "regulars". I had a DEXA scan in November 2022 and had improvement in my hip and femoral neck, and my spine T score stayed the same.

    I no longer have osteopenia!

    I did not change my diet and I did not take supplements, the only thing I did differently during the year between DEXA scans was to follow Andrea's Strong Women classes.

    I am going to keep taking Andrea's classes: I know that the exercises are safe for my bones, and I want to improve my bone density even more!

    — Kathy

  • One of my retirement goals was to go on a women's adventure trip on my own and this has been very successful. I traveled solo to Croatia and Switzerland.

    My goal is to keep increasing my strength, balance, endurance, and overall fitness level to travel as long as I am physically and mentally able.

    Last summer I hiked in Switzerland and had an amazing time. In June I am hiking to Machu Picchu, which will be a stretch for me. In September I am hiking in Ireland. Working with Andrea is helping to increase my strength, balance, and confidence to achieve my goals.

    — Jan

  • I want to give a little testimonial, not nearly as impressive as the stopping, even reversing, bone loss (WOW!) but kind of amazing to me. I have found my ABs in recent months.

    Don't laugh! Well, you may laugh as it's funny too, but for decades (ever since childbirth years, and that was 40 ish years ago) I have been active, walking, hiking, gardening, and swimming sometimes, all without having made a stitch of difference in the apparent activity or inactivity of my ab muscles.

    All of a sudden, there they are! NOT a six-pack, not at all, but I can feel them contracting, in all their various aspects: vertical rectus, diagonal obliques. Wow! I am sure that the wide variety of exercises, plus weights, is the secret. Those abs are being activated in lots of different ways, and have nowhere to hide.

    Thanks, my friend!

    —Janet