Live Tuesdays & Thursdays · 10:00 – 11:00 AM Eastern Time
Build stronger bones, twice a week, from home.
Live online classes led by Joanne Fagerstrom, PT, CFP — a physical therapist since 1978 and a bone health specialist who built this program after her own osteoporosis diagnosis.
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“There is no pain, no exhaustion, just good physical progression.”
Georgia S., RN
Since 1978
Joanne has been a licensed, practicing physical therapist
Twice a week
Live classes Tuesdays & Thursdays, every week, all year
One hour
Plus an optional Q&A after every live class
Every class recorded
Watch the replay 24/7, at your convenience
No subscription required
Take one class, two classes, or join monthly
You don’t have to subscribe to take a class. Buy a single class, or a weekly pass that covers both classes in any given week — the difference is how long you keep the recordings.
Resistance bands will be used instead of dumbbells on 10/22. Foam rollers will also be used on those days, but they are optional.
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Recorded classes from the past week, $15 each.
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Community Class$5/class
A low-cost way to try the program — buy any day, then watch one previously recorded class any time on the coming Saturday. Great for a first look.
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Every class opens the same way: “Welcome to Strong Bones class.” Then Joanne takes you through an exercise, explaining the cues as she goes.
In the news
As seen on 6ABC
ABC Channel 6 (WPVI) featured Joanne’s class. In its early days the class was called Super Bones; it grew into Strong Bones — and it’s exactly the same program.
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In every class
What an hour of Strong Bones covers
One hour of strength, balance, posture, and flexibility work — every movement chosen for a reason, and the reason explained.
Strength
Back and core strengthening with progressive resistance — the loading that bone actually responds to.
Balance
The first ~20 minutes are standing balance work, directly targeting fall prevention.
Posture
Postural education that protects the spine during everyday movement, not just during class.
Flexibility
Safe stretches that keep you moving well without putting the spine at risk.
Body Awareness
Feldenkrais-informed attention to how you move, so good mechanics become automatic.
Evidence-Based
Every exercise has a reason behind it, drawn from current research — and Joanne explains it.
Inside a class
This is what you're joining
Classes are online only. These photographs are from Joanne's former studio, which closed in 2020 when the class moved online — the class runs the same way today, from your living room. She explains the cues and the reason behind each exercise, and offers a modification for every movement.
Standing balance and weights open every class. 
Joanne offers detailed cues for every exercise — nobody is left guessing. 
Floor work finishes the hour, with spine-safe options throughout.
From students
What people say after a year
Come to a class
Twice a week, one hour, from your living room. Evidence-based exercise built specifically for bone health.
Tuesdays & Thursdays · 10:00 – 11:00 AM Eastern Time
- Cancel anytime
- Every class recorded
- Taught by a Physical Therapist
Your instructor
Joanne Fagerstrom, PT, CFP
In 2009 Joanne was diagnosed with osteoporosis herself. That diagnosis is the reason the Strong Bones program exists. Rather than accept bone loss as inevitable, she built a comprehensive, evidence-based program designed to help prevent and even reverse it, and began teaching Strong Bones classes that same year. In 2020, when COVID-19 closed the studio, the classes moved online — where they still run live twice a week.
Joanne places a strong emphasis on wellness and prevention in her teaching. Her certification in the Feldenkrais Method, completed in 2005, adds a unique dimension to her practice of physical therapy — a deep attention to how a body actually moves, not just how strong it is.
- Physical Therapist since 1978
- Feldenkrais certified
- BoneFit™ trained
Keeping you informed
From the blog
An evidence-based post every month on the research that actually affects your bones.