#081 - Dr Stuart McGill - Why Do Our Backs Hurt?
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2019
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Dr Stuart McGill is a professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo and a world expert in back pain.
Dr McGill has worked with some of the best athletes in the world across pretty much every sport you can imagine as a spinal specialist, so if anyone can give us some advice about how to cope with back pain, it's him.
On today's episode expect to learn why backs are so problematic, how much of back pain is due to lifestyle choices or training methodology, how much of an impact desk work is having on our spinal health and why recovery from a back injury can be so slow and hard to define.
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Buy Dr McGill's Book Back Mechanic - https://amzn.to/2ILv037
Check out Dr McGill's Website - https://www.backfitpro.com
T-Nation CrossFit Article - https://www.t-nation.com/training/doctors-view-of-crossfit
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, welcome back to Modern Wisdom. My guest today is none other than Dr. Stuart McGill. |
| 0:07.0 | He is one of the world's leading researchers into back pain. He's worked with top flight |
| 0:13.2 | athletes in pretty much every sport in the world from powerlifting to CrossFit, NFL, NHL, |
| 0:20.1 | gymnasts, yogis and even MMA. When world squat record holder Brian Carroll shattered his |
| 0:27.2 | sacrum and his L5, Dr. McGill was the guy who we went to to not only get in pain free, |
| 0:32.4 | but to also take him back to fitness so that he could re-break his own squat record. So my point |
| 0:39.6 | is that if anybody understands how the complex system that is the spine works, it's Dr. McGill. |
| 0:45.9 | Today we're talking about why spines are so problematic, how we can mitigate the effects of |
| 0:52.7 | office work and being sedentary or sat down for most of the day. What Dr. McGill's thoughts are |
| 0:59.0 | on CrossFit as a training methodology and for spinal health, his favourite rehab exercises, |
| 1:04.6 | including the genesis of the legendary Big Three for back and so much more. I'm certain that |
| 1:11.4 | this is going to be an absolute hit with a lot of people who suffer with back pain or know |
| 1:15.9 | someone who does. So very fortunately I have linked up with the protein works to incentivise you |
| 1:22.0 | to give the episode a little share. I massively appreciate all of the support that I get and I |
| 1:27.1 | wanted to give something back to those of you who helped to spread the message of the podcast. |
| 1:32.1 | So listen to the first 30 seconds and you can find out how you can win over £100 of free |
| 1:38.8 | protein works supplements. All you need to do is just listen, fuck it, I'll stop talking. |
| 1:43.9 | Dr. Stuart McGill, take it away. |
| 2:02.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. This episode is brought to you by the protein works, |
| 2:07.1 | I'm very happy to be supported by them again for this episode. They're given away over £100 |
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| 2:17.6 | certain it's going to be a massive help to a lot of people. So find a friend that you think |
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