Sharing: "Bridging the Gap Between Strengthspan and Lifespan"

The British Journal of Sports Medicine recently emphasized a vital concept: strengthspan: the duration you maintain physical strength throughout your life is directly tied to your overall health, independence, and lifespan. Simply put, the stronger you stay for longer, the better you age.

At Pain & Performance Coach in Hillsboro, Oregon, we embrace this message every day. Strength isn’t just for athletes. It’s the foundation for everyone who wants to move well, stay independent, and live a pain-free, active life into older age. Whether you’re in Hillsboro, Aloha, Beaverton, Cornelius, Banks, Forest Grove, North Plains, Bethany, or Tanasbourne, your strengthspan determines how well you’ll handle the physical demands of life—now and decades from now.

What the Research Shows

The infographic above highlights four key benefits of maintaining lifelong strength:

1. Greater strengthspan builds a stronger strength reserve in youth.

2. It leads to better health and well-being throughout adulthood.

3. It supports function and independence as we age.

4. It ultimately extends lifespan and quality of life.

How Pain & Performance Coach Helps

Our mission is to bridge the same gap this research identifies: the one between strength and longevity. We combine pain management, physical therapy, and strength training to restore movement confidence and improve long-term performance.

Unlike traditional rehab, which stops once the pain is gone, we take clients further helping them build capacity, reduce injury risk, and stay strong for life. Our coaching approach adapts to your goals, whether that’s returning to your favorite sport, keeping up with your kids, or preparing your body for the decades ahead.

Strengthspan equals lifespan.
At Pain & Performance Coach, we help you build both—right here in the Hillsboro area.

Please reference the infographic and text from the post made by Drs.Avery D Faigenbaum , Antonio Garcia-Hermoso, James P MacDonald Arnaldo Mortatti, and Tamara Rial Rebullido (shared with permission from the authors).

"💪 STRONGER for LIFE

Our latest article in the British Journal of Sports Medicine introduces a powerful new concept  Strengthspan:  the continuum of muscular strength across the lifespan.

🧒🏽👩🏾‍🦱👨🏼‍🦳 From childhood to old age, maintaining and developing strength isn’t just about lifting weights: it’s about building health, independence, and vitality at every age.

 Strengthspan = Stronger bodies, stronger lives

1️⃣ Greater strengthspan → greater strength reserve
2️⃣ Greater strengthspan → better health and well-being
3️⃣ Greater strengthspan → more function and independence
4️⃣ Greater strengthspan → longer lifespan

Let’s redefine what it means to age well starting with how we move, lift, and live every day.

📖 Faigenbaum AD, Garcia-Hermoso A, MacDonald JP, Mortatti A, Rial Rebullido T. Bridging the gap between strengthspan and lifespan. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2024."

Here's the link to their Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQjXeSdDjwx/