I had a physio once who seems pretty clued up and was excellent with rehab + ‘fixing’ me after injuries both from playing rugby and doing weights. However, one thing she said - “I don’t know what it is, you guys all seem to like it, but its REALLY horrible on your knees”.
She was talking about deadlifting. Obviously I still do it etc etc etc, but I thort it was interesting as she seems pretty clued up, also I’ve never heard of deadlifts being bad for the knees, everyone always says squats lol!
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I went to the physio today for a non-lifting related injury, and when asked about hobbies she sat bolt upright when I said weight lifting and told me to stop immediately. I gave my stock non-vanity answer of preventing osteoperosis, and she said that bearing weight (running etc) would be better than lifting, and that the human body isn’t designed to lift heavy weights.
I don’t want to doubt this woman’s credentials, but holy shit. From what I hear, this attitude isn’t uncommon. Is this just bad science or what?[/quote]
ask her about how much force is put on the body while running.
The stress on joints while playing sports has actually been proven to be greater than the stress put on by lifting weights.
ignore her shit
Il be a qualified physio in may and from weight training i feel ive become an even better physio. Thing about physio CREDENTIALS is that you dont realise we do very little exercise physiology and stuff similiar like strengthening n conditioning, im doing it off my own back to improve as a physio and its giving me so much more scope to improve patients!
Any injury she will use resistance training but with therabands or gravity, to regain a persons strength, she is just so mis educated that she doesnt realise she uses weight training every day in her job but just not to that weight area!
Tell her to do some more study and get up to date with evidence! ID FIND A BETTER PHYSIO TOO!
Almost any weight training, especially powerlifting and olympic lifting when taken to near one’s limits is absolutley not good for your body across the board. The positive effects you can reap through weight training are easily obtained at a fairly moderate intensity. None of the positive effects are improved upon by pushing the limits of what your body can do, except bone and connective tissue strength, which is put at high risk fromt the very activity you are using to strengthen the tissues.
But all that being said, weight training is the equivalent of playing sports, there is injury risk when involving yourself in physical activity, and I still say it is better to do this and be injured than to not weightlift or play a sport at all.
Nothing against you, but one lesson I have learned over the years is to take whatever the patient/client says with a grain of salt. Often times it is not an accurate conveying of what the health care provider actually said. If it is, however, get a new therapist.