FKB Physio

FKB Physio Physiotherapist in Bowen Hills & Fortitude Valley.
-Bone Density Classes
- Weightlifting injuries
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TLDR: the internet overestimates people’s baseline ability & people who are better than average are the most prominent s...
06/05/2026

TLDR: the internet overestimates people’s baseline ability & people who are better than average are the most prominent sharers of their own experience.

Ignore! Go slower before you quit 🙂

Love this 😀 from another 100 classes champion (who preferred not to do a video) So great to get an insight into what it ...
04/05/2026

Love this 😀 from another 100 classes champion (who preferred not to do a video)

So great to get an insight into what it can mean to take up strength training for the first time as a woman in their 50s.

Sharing successes they’ve had in the gym with their teenage / adult kids (& sometimes inspiring them to sign up to a gym!) is a common feature & it’s so fun to be a part of.

Ps, we know testimonials are not allowed in healthcare marketing but these are intended to reflect general feelings about strength training, rather than relate to a specific intervention or outcome :)

28/04/2026

DEXA scans tend to have a T score and a Z score for each of the measured areas. The T score measures you against an average 30 year old of your s*x, and it is this number that is used to diagnose osteopenia or osteoporosis in people over 50. The number relates to how many standard deviations you are away from that of a 30 year old (as it is assumed BMD is highest at this point). More than 1 standard deviation away from this reference is considered osteopenic. More than 2.5 standard deviations away is osteoporotic.

The Z score compares you to people of your own age. It is not uncommon that someone with osteopenia in their 60s to have a T score below -1.0 but a Z score that is essentially normal (just under 0, or sometimes just above 0). This is because the reality is more than 50% of people over 60 have low bone density.

If you are under 50, the Z score is used to diagnose osteoporosis/penia. This is because it is more relevant how far you are away from people your own age when you are younger - your BMD might not have dropped too much relative to a 30 year old, if you are only 35; but the Z score can tell you if it is low relative to other people your age. This helps reduce the risk of under-recognising the condition.

DEXA explained 🦴
26/04/2026

DEXA explained 🦴

23/04/2026

Effects of exercise on bone density are local.

That is, if you load your arms, your arm bones become more dense, but not your leg bones.

As dexa scans only measure hips and lower back (& hip fractures are often spoken about) people may not see the need to load their upper bodies.

But anecdotally from working with a 50-80 year old population who are low falls risk, we see many more insufficiency fractures affecting the upper body & rib cage than the lower body.

As such we make sure we always include lots of upper body exercises, with rows being one of the favourites 💪🏻

23/04/2026

Want to help feed hungry kids?

is hosting a sandwich-making session with us and

Help us ensure no student goes through the school day hungry. It’s fast, it’s fun, and it makes a world of difference.

🗓️ Date: Tuesday May 26th

🕐 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm

📍 Location: Below Parallel Barbell Club, 128 Arthur St, Fortitude Valley

🥪 Bring: just yourself in comfortable clothes. Eat up staff will bring everything we need to make the sandwiches!

🎟️ Tickets: $25 (funds go towards covering a portion of the hosting fees - not a charitable tax donation.)

Link to sign up in bio :)

22/04/2026

Part 1: What a DEXA scan assesses

Your DEXA scan looks at you your bone mineral density (BMD), which is the amount of minerals per cubic centimetre of bone tissue. To diagnose osteoporosis or osteopenia, the DEXA scan will look at your lumbar spine vertebrae (lower back bones) and your hip bones. This is because these areas tend to lose bone density the quickest. Checking these areas makes it more likely you will accurately detect declining bone density. It is important to get a DEXA scan that is accredited to diagnose osteoporosis as not all scanners are able to be used for this purpose.

Some scans will look at both hips, others just one. They look at the femoral neck, which is the part of your thigh bone that turns inward to form the hip joint, then they look at the hip in its entirety. Things like hip replacements and arthritis in the spine will affect accuracy - because a feature of osteoarthritis is additional bony growth, arthritis of the spine can inflate the density score there, despite the actual inside of your vertebrae potentially being more spongy.

Although the scans only look at these isolated areas, I consider these a proxy for the entire skeleton. Any finding of low bone density on anywhere on a scan to me indicates a need to start prioritising bone health for the whole skeleton.

Up next: How to read your DEXA scan

19/04/2026

Another 400 classes champion!!! So amazing.

Finds planks easy, can comfortably lift heavier than her body weight, can hop, jump, do chin ups with a band… years of hard work showing up right here 👏🏻

Last post about myself and my training before I return to more content about healthy bones 🦴 and physio rehab Maybe a po...
19/04/2026

Last post about myself and my training before I return to more content about healthy bones 🦴 and physio rehab

Maybe a positive of a sport like Hyrox as opposed to powerlifting (for me) is that there are way more events and the actual participation takes so much longer it’s easier to focus on more than just the numbers.

Fun to have something to participate in and aim to improve at (casually, as something much less important to me than work etc) either way!

The reason I post about stuff like this is because I see my clients who are similar personality to me struggle with the same things as i do - extreme focus on high achievement, heaps of negative self talk, ignoring anything other than better outcomes, etc etc. I have found any time I post something that’s more honest about how I feel, or things I struggle with, or things I’m trying to reframe, I’ll get someone saying it helped them to see something differently or feel more positive or whatever it is. I promise I’m trying to be helpful not just self promoting 😅

16/04/2026

Another 100 class champion 🥳

So cool to see what these ladies have committed to so consistently!

No surprise to me that the best way to keep your bones strong looks very similar to the best way to hang onto your muscl...
15/04/2026

No surprise to me that the best way to keep your bones strong looks very similar to the best way to hang onto your muscle mass and maximise your strength and power gains 💪🏻

Programming for longevity and to cover all bases is simple in principle & I tried to condense it here for you.

Of course people have personal circumstances that mean they can’t follow these - and that’s where we come in to help you adapt. 🤗

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95 Abbotsford Road, Bowen Hills
Albion, QLD
4006

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Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
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