129. Blood Flow Restriction Training for Bone Health | Dr. Gina Panarese

<span style="font-weight: 400;">“Exercise improves strength and balance, and decreases fall risk. Medications are often prescribed to improve bone mineral density but don’t affect fall risk. If you’re using BFR [blood flow restriction] to help strengthen, this will help improve balance as well, which is huge in preventing falls.”</span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Gina Panarese, PT, DPT, OCS </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gina Panarese, PT, DPT, OCS is a physical therapist, with a specialty in bone health and osteoporosis.  She is a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy and certified in Blood Flow Restriction Training. Gina has her clinical practice at Kessler Rehabilitation Center in Morris Plains, New Jersey. She is a faculty member of their orthopedic residency program. In today’s talk, we discussed blood flow restriction training and how it can be used for osteoporosis and osteopenia. Stay tuned for this very exciting way to improve muscle and bone strength, especially if you are not able to do high intensity strength training. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.kesslerrehabilitationcenter.com/services/specialty-services/bone-health/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Kessler Rehabilitation Center Physical Therapy</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- You can contact Gina here! https://www.kesslerrehabilitationcenter.com/services/specialty-services/bone-health/</span></p> <p><a href= "https://bonehealth.byhealthmeans.com/?idev_id=22547"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Your last chance to watch the Natural Approaches to Osteoporosis and Bone Health Summit for FREE is this weekend- sign up if you haven’t to be notified!</span></a> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://bonehealth.byhealthmeans.com/?idev_id=22547">https://bonehealth.byhealthmeans.com/?idev_id=22547</a></span></em></p> <p><strong>Timestamps:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:12] What blood flow restrictio