Lisa Lowe - Power House Physio

Relative Energy Deficiency In Sport (RED-S)

By Lisa Lowe March 12, 2023uncategorized

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) is "defined by the International Olympic Committee as a syndrome of health and performance impairments resulting from an energy deficit" (Ackerman 2018). RED-S is…

Row Fast with More than Your Lats

By Lisa Lowe February 14, 2022Build Your Foundation, Body Mechanics

Rowers and coaches LOVE their Lats. For a good reason. They are the biggest link from shoulders to hips. They help translate the force around your spine from the blade…

How to Prevent Rowing Related Low Back Pain

By Lisa Lowe April 26, 2021Injury Management

Do you expect sharp back pain as you lift and lower your shell? Or you just row through back pain the whole row? Maybe you are good for the start and then the pain sets in as you get tired. Maybe you are one of the lucky ones who doesn't deal with rowing-related low back pain. The goal of this post is to help more of us be among those lucky ones who don't have back pain at any point during a practice!

Winter Training: How to use it to come out faster!

By Lisa Lowe November 24, 2020Injury Management, Build Your Foundation, Self Care

When I gear up for winter training every year I feel like I am transported back to the old boathouse in Ithaca. We had an amazing brick/cinder block wall, cement…

Hip Pain: A Pain in the Butt

By Lisa Lowe September 15, 2020Injury Management

Struggling with hip pain while rowing or in the weight room? Hip pain is not overly common to cause a loss of time on the water, but it can still be a pain in the butt! Here's some reasons rowers get hip pain.

Knee Pain

By Lisa Lowe July 11, 2020Injury Management

Knee pain is the second most reported chronic injury in rowing so let's see why and how you can prevent it! Before I dive into the ins and outs of…

Improve Your Squat Mechanics, Improve Your Rowing Stroke!

By Lisa Lowe June 29, 2020Body Mechanics

Why are squat mechanics important for rowing? This seems fairly straight forward, rowing is essentially a horizontal squat. We bend our hips, knees, and ankles while attempting to maintain our…

Hip Strength

By Lisa Lowe April 2, 2020Build Your Foundation

The Hip: The rowing stroke is very centered around the pelvis. Whether you are a para athlete, master rower or elite, how your hips relate to the boat in the…

Spinal Mobility

By Lisa Lowe March 30, 2020Self Care

Spine Mobility and Your Rowing Stroke:In broad terms, there are two main factors that come into play when it comes to how far each stroke moves the boat. First, how…

Spine Mechanics

By Lisa Lowe March 30, 2020Body Mechanics

Spine Mechanics: How your spine moves or doesn’t move can really affect how powerful or effective your rowing stroke can be. Spine rotation to both sides without compensations and having…