[S3] Ep. 7 - Lisa Lowe: Building Powerhouse Rowers

Apr 2

Lisa Lowe (stroke) rows PR3 after sustaining major injuries in a car accident. After three years of rehab and figuring out her limitations – and abilities – in a boat, she took silver in the inclusive 2x at HOCR 2021.

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The aches of a teenage growth-spurt, years of collegiate and high performance training and racing, and injuries sustained in an accident, all inform Lisa Lowe’s personal and professional attitudes and opinions about self-care and injury management.

A PR3 rower and physical therapist in Boston, Lisa rows with both Riverside Boat Club and Community Rowing, Inc. Lisa’s goal is to cultivate a culture within rowing where we support each other without breaking each other.

GUESTS
Lisa Lowe, DPT
www.powerhousephysio.com

IG:
@lisalowe.dpt

TIME STAMPS
00:00 - Intro and welcome
01:20 - Rapid Fire Q&A
02:40 - Rowing week on a scale of 1-10
04:12 - From messing about in boats for a summer, to rowing at Ithaca, to planting rowing roots in Boston
06:20 - Why Lisa picked rowing over running
07:27 - Physical therapy for a painful teenage growth spurt, and finding a path to her own career as a physical therapist
09:51 - Working with rowers and their coaches to identify problems and solutions
11:30 - Don’t be bound to rowing’s culture of suffering. Check in with your body and know when to take a day off
17:30 - How coaches can check in with rowers each practice
20:24 - Lisa’s blog is a deep dive into building your foundation, self care, body mechanics, and injury management
22:30 - A changing relationship with rowing: from high performance training to career-focused rowing PT goals
25:28 - A devastating car accident, rehab, a transition to PR3 rowing, and diving into learning about adaptive and para rowing personally and professionally
38:34 - A 2020 Changemaker Scholarship introduced Lisa to the Science of Rowing guys. Now she’s a contributing writer.