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Dr. Stuart McGill: Spinal Hygiene, Healthy Adaptation, Anthropometry | Ep. 229

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.8924 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Stuart McGill has played a large influence in developing my perspectives on spinal mechanics and self-care over the last decade. He is a professor emeritus, University of Waterloo, where he was a professor for 30 years. His laboratory and experimental research clinic investigated issues related to the causal mechanisms of back pain, how to rehabilitate back-pained people and enhance both injury resilience and performance. His advice is often sought by governments, corporations, legal experts, medical groups and elite athletes and teams from around the world.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I said empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water.

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It's about how hard you hit.

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It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

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How much you get pink and keep moving forward?

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Join the movement expert Aaron Alexander as he dives into the minds of the foremost

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innovative health care thinkers on their approach to optimal health and wellness.

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A Line Podcast.

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Welcome to the Line Podcast. My name is Aaron Alexander.

0:31.0

In today's gorgeous episode, I got to have one of my preferred

0:34.5

human beings in the world Dr Stuart McGill I've been following along with his

0:37.9

work for the last 15 years I would say is the beginning of me digging into his stuff and he's the world's

0:46.6

leading expert on all things spinal mechanics you could say.

0:50.3

We've had him on I think I don't know how many times three or four times and I value him greatly I know you guys are going to get a lot from this episode we get into

0:58.5

Generally spinal hygiene I think is a good term. It's kind of like a synopsis for the whole thing.

1:04.1

And so yeah, how to take care of your spine, how movement affects your physiology,

1:10.3

how it affects the development of your bones of your muscles of your connect tissue and

1:14.8

it's just such a valuable conversation I hope you guys dig it.

1:18.4

Thank you so much for tuning the website a line podcast.com

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ALI gN podcast.com. ALIGN podcast.

1:23.5

And on there you guys start the five day

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moon challenge.

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People have been really digging that.

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