While hip pain from deadlift isn't as common as it is with squatting, Knowing how to modify the conventional or sumo deadlift for hip pain of various types is important so you can continue to train for strength and performance despite issues you have with your hips.

Hip pain with deadlift can be irritated by a variety of things:

1. Start position

2. Chosen stance

3. Relative load on the bar

4. Stance width

5. Toe out

There is almost always a way you can continue to train your sumo deadlift or conventional deadlift through an episode of acute or chronic hip even if you're using lighter weight or a deadlift variation.

In this podcast episode we discuss what to look for and how to adjust either deadlift if you're experiencing pain while deadlifting in order to continue to train.

Resources:

• Pain & Injuries Podcast Series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)

• Functional Anatomy of the Hip

• How to Conventional Deadlift on YouTube

• The Conventional Deadlift: How To Deadlift With Optimal Form To Optimize Form & Lower Injury Risk

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Injuries can happen to anyone. Even to the people who are supposed to help you prevent training injuries and rehabilitate from powerlifting injuries back to the powerlifting platform. And PRS Clinical Coach Dr. Rori Alter, PT is no different.

What we know about injuries, how to treat them, and long term prognosis has changed over the years. Since the onset of Dr. Rori's hip injury over a decade ago, prevalence, diagnostic measures, and treatment options and outcomes have wildly changed for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome and hip labral tears.

Dr. Rori has helped countless barbell athletes rehabilitate from hip injuries and surgeries related to FAI and barbell training and it is the injury category she is most passionate about helping people overcome. Because she has gone through it herself!

In this episode of the PRS Podcast Dr. Rori shares her story about the onset of her hip symptoms leading to many bumps in the road on her powerlifting journey. She shares:

• What lead her to realize something was wrong with her hips

• How and why she was initially diagnosed with FAI and if her symptoms at the time were actually related to FAI or training

• Why she decided against surgery

• How her hip dysfunction increased her risk for low back pain from barbell training

• How she fractured her hip

• What lifts are most affected by her hip condition

• How she was able to continue to train and win podium spots at Nationals, The Arnold, and the World Championships despite what many people would consider career enders

Overcoming a Hip Fracture and Squat Fails (article)

https://www.progressiverehabandstrength.com/articles/overcoming-a-hip-fracture-and-squat-fails

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In today's live Q&A, Rori and Alyssa field a question about warming up in a cold garage gym, as well as how to protect equipment from humidity and rust. There are a number of ways to heat a gym, but which one is best depends heavily on your climate and your home gym location (attached garage, separate outdoor structure, basement). Alyssa lays out the pros and cons of the different heaters she's tried, and Rori explains the importance of managing your temperature and humidity throughout the day to avoid condensation on equipment (and the inevitable rust that follows).

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Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome, hip osteoarthritis, and general hip pain are common reasons people stop squatting heavy. Knowing how to modify the barbell squat for hip pain of various types is important so you can continue to train for strength and performance despite issues you have with your hips.

Hip pain with squats can be irritated by a variety of things:

1. Position in the hole

2. How your joints are timing

3. Relative load on the bar

4. Bar position on the back

5. Torso and hip position throughout the movement

There is almost always a way you can continue to train your barbell back squat through an episode of acute or chronic hip even if you're using lighter weight or a squat variation.

In this podcast episode we discuss what to look for and how to adjust your squat if you're experiencing pain while squatting in order to continue to train.

Resources:

1. How to Low Bar Back Squat (Youtube)

2. Exactly How to Low Bar Squat (& how to coach it too!) (Podcast)

3. Weight Shifting Forward On Squats | Why your knees or bar shifts forward or heels pop up and how to fix it (Podcast)

4. The Barbell Squat | Don't forget to lock out the last rep - here's why! (Podcast)

5. Overcoming A Hip Fracture & Squat Fails (Article)

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The way doctors talk to their patients is oftentimes insensitive and without care for the person receiving the news. Doctors are in an authoritative position and the language and delivery they choose to use can unintentionally create negative narratives surrounding injuries, like femoroacetabular impingement and barbell training. Doctors may have you believe that surgery is your only option or questioning if you'll ever be able to barbell train pain free with FAI.

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 Amber, a committed recreational strength athlete who loves powerlifting and olympic weight lifting. After experiencing severe hip pain with squatting she sought clinical counsel. However, the news about what was going on in her hip and the way the doctor treated her left her in tears.

Amber shares her story to help support you through the "I'll never be able to lift again," moments. She shows you it's possible to find support and work through your symptoms to help reshape the narrative around pain, injury, and barbell training.

You are not your MRI and you do not need to stand for the way medical doctors speak to you. Amber's resilience and determination to return to pain free barbell training without surgery despite FAI is truly an inspirational story that you must listen to and share. And she does all this while battling depression and going through hormone treatment to extract eggs to freeze for the future.

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Barbell strength training for youth athletes and adaptive athletes it's not only possible, but extremely important for sports performance and injury prevention. However, there is a common belief that it's dangerous for youth and adaptive athletes to do resistance training and lift heavy barbells.

This episode was recorded live during a Podcast Q&A session in our free Facebook group, The Secret Society of Barbell Mastery where we were asked:

"How to program/incorporate Strength training for youth or adaptive athletes."

For youth athletes, it's important to consider their:

• Movement abilities

• Body awareness and control

• Main sport practice and training schedule

• School schedule

• Other extracurricular activities

• Overall desire to train

For adaptive athletes, it's important to consider their:

• Training goals

• Available equipment

• Abilities to perform particular movements

• Ability to maneuver and manipulate their training environment with and without assistance

Check out this short episode to hear our perspective on how to safely help youth and adaptive athletes resistance training with or without barbells and why!

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The hip is one of the most common areas in the body that people experience pain with barbell training and the position of your back and legs can either enhance or reduce your symptoms.

The three most important positions of the body to consider if you have hip pain while squatting include the:

1. Back Angle

2. Hip Angle

3. Toe Angle

In this episode of the PRS Podcast, physical therapists and PRS Clinical Coaches, Drs. Rori Alter, John Petrizzo, and Alyssa Haveson discuss the influence of the back, hip and toe angle on hip pain.

The solution to hip pain while squatting is never a one-size-fits-all answer as the cause for hip pain can vary greatly from person to person. So it's important to understand that the process of reducing hip pain while squatting is trial and error and a combination of managing:

• Body position

• Technical execution

• Training fatigue

• Recovery

If all else fails, it's best to book a consultation with a rehab specialist who is knowledgeable in barbell training and sports/orthopedic injuries to help you identify and address the root cause of your hip pain.

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Hip pain is common in barbell training but that doesn't mean that barbell training is bad for your hips or that you need imaging or even surgery to resolve your hip pain. Better understanding your functional anatomy, your technique, and how to optimize your movement (along with optimizing your programming) can give you the tools to address your symptoms while continuing to train.

In this episode of the PRS Podcast, PRS Clinical Coaches, Drs. Rori Alter, Alyssa Haveson, and John Petrizzo discuss the functional anatomy of the hip and the role it plays in barbell training. They discuss common concerns having to do with the structure of the hip and how the movement of the hip significantly contributes to various aspects of your technique.

This episode is an educational experience for barbell trainees, powerlifters, Crossfitters, weightlifters, and other strength lifters to deeply understand their hips to optimize their training and technique to either address their symptoms or reduce the risk of injury in the future.

If you're a chiropractor, physical therapist, medical doctor, strength coach, or student clinician, this episode is a great review and application tutorial regarding the hip and barbell training.

In this episode we discuss the:

• Normal movement of the hip joint

• Internal structures and surfaces of the hip

• Tendons, ligaments, and muscles surrounding the hip joint

• How the hip affects the knee

• Hip pain, labrum tears, and femoroacetabular impingement (FAI)

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Functional Anatomy of the Hip in Barbell Training YouTube Video

• How to Low Bar Back Squat YouTube Video

• Barbell Back Squat | How to (coach the) Squat in 10 Minutes Podcast Episode

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People commonly breathe incorrectly when bench pressing and it can affect their pelvic floor. The proper way to breathe when you bench press is to perform the Valsalva Maneuver. But even still, people execute the Valsalva Maneuver improperly while bench pressing. Breathing correctly while benching is important for injury prevention and optimal strength.

When observing bench press technique, if you see the lower abdomen protruding out while the bar is moving down, up, or upon contacting the chest or upon executing the Valsalva Maneuver, this is an indication that the lifter is not performing the Valsalva Maneuver or breathing correctly while benching. Particularly in females, this pattern may indicate some weakness in the core or pelvic floor.

In this less-than-ten-minute episode of the PRS Podcast, Clinical Coach Dr. Rori Alter, PT shares a tip for identifying a lifter's incorrect breathing pattern when benching and how to correct it to improve performance, prevent injuries, and protect the pelvic floor while bench pressing.

Resources:

• How to Barbell Bench Press (Youtube)

• Barbell Bench Press | How to (coach the) Bench in 10 Minutes (10 Minute Tip Podcast)

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If you're following a strength training or powerlifting program utilizing progressive overload, you'll eventually need a lifting belt. When worn and used properly and combined with the Valsalva Maneuver, a lifting belt is a positive addition to your strength training program.

The problem is, there is a lot of misinformation out there about belts. A proper lifting belt is made of a stiff material and applies pressure to the abdomen to enhance your body's ability to utilize the Valsalva Maneuver to create intra-abdominal pressure to indirectly stabilize the spine.

Here are some common beliefs about the utilization of powerlifting or lifting belts that we do not agree with:

1. You should push your belly into your belt

2. Lifting belts make your core weak

3. Lifting belts are a crutch

4. You should only train without a lifting belt otherwise your abdominals shut off

In this 10-Minute Tip episode of the PRS Podcast, Drs. John Petrizzo, Rori Alter, and Alyssa Haveson discuss:

• The proper mechanism by which a lifting belt is combined with the Valsalva Maneuver to improve and enhance your strength development and safety under the barbell

• How your core muscles actually work with the belt and why you shouldn't push your belly into your lifting belt

• The way in which belts actually work to strengthen your core instead of making your core weak

• And how to tell if your belt is too loose because if it's too loose, it's not working properly!

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