Lower back pain in a teenager is easy to dismiss as "growing pains" or poor posture from hours hunched over a phone. But for adolescents involved in sport, persistent low back pain can sometimes signal something more specific: a stress fracture in the lumbar spine, known clinically as spondylolysis. What is it? Spondylolysis is a stress fracture through a small bony bridge at the back of a vertebra called the pars interarticularis. It most commonly affects the lower lumbar vertebrae,...

If you’re concerned about bone health, bone density loss, or the risk of osteoporosis-related fractures, the Onero™ program provides a safe, evidence-based approach backed by clinical research. What is Onero™? Onero™ is based on the science of the LIFTMOR trial, a landmark study of high-intensity resistance and impact training (HiRIT) in postmenopausal women with low bone mass (Watson et al., JBMR 2017). Participants completed two supervised 30-minute sessions per week of targeted resistance...