Building A Better Pain Recovery Plan

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Dr. Grant Elliott, founder of Rehab Fix and one of the leading voices in movement-based recovery for chronic back pain. We talk about why lower back pain has become the world’s leading disability, and how stress, sleep, mindset, movement, and daily habits all contribute to the problem. Dr. Elliott explains why so many outdated treatment models still dominate modern healthcare, why most people can recover without surgery, and how belief plays a major role in healing. We also discuss scaling an online health business, mentoring providers around the world, and helping people regain confidence after years of chronic pain and discouraging diagnoses.

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0:00.0	Welcome to office hours. I'm David Meltzer, and it's time for the executive spotlight.
0:05.1	Every single industry career and job has different people that we highlight on office hours.
0:09.8	And there's no exception for the exceptional.
0:12.7	And that's Dr. Grant Elliott.
0:14.3	He's the CEO and founder of Rehab Fix.
0:16.9	Welcome to Office Hours.
0:18.2	Thank you for having me.
0:19.0	I'm so excited for you to be here because a lot of people are confused why they have lower back pain. And you have the number one program in the world for lower back pain. And as I'm 58 years old, I can't tell you, but one of my friends who hasn't complained about lower back pain. So you're in a
0:39.3	space that obviously can have great impact on people's well-being. Why is it that so many people
0:45.8	have problems with their lower back? Low back pain is the number one disability in the world.
0:51.3	80% of human beings alive will have low back pain at some point in their life.
0:56.0	And it can be a simple question, hey, why does this happen? But in reality, the answer is quite
1:00.3	complex, but I will condense it into under 30 seconds. So 90% of low back pain is called
1:06.3	non-specific low back pain, which means you cannot trace it back to one singular source.
1:11.2	It is influenced by many things.
1:13.5	We cannot say this one singular thing has caused chronic back pain.
1:17.5	It is a combination of multiple things.
1:19.3	Yes, physical stressors on your body.
1:21.3	Perhaps you're performing certain movements a lot and you're not giving your body a break,
1:25.6	yes.
1:26.4	But it's also related to your beliefs
1:29.3	about your back and your health overall. It's related to your habits, to your education
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