Your back is strong and resilient. Untrained individual's spines are capable of withstanding compression forces upwards of 1,000LBS and shear forces upwards of 500lbs.

Consistent exercise is the most highly recommended intervention we have for LBP.

Literally any exercise is good, as long as it can be tolerated and gradually progressed as you improve.

Jeremy KirschnerJuly 26, 2020

Hope During Uncertain Times

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

-Victor Frankl

Strength Training for the Youth Athlete

At Fortitude, we firmly believe that appropriately dosed and individually tailored strength and conditioning is for everyone, including youth athletes.