EFR 888: Sciatica and Back Pain Myths, plus How to Strengthen & Pain-Proof Your Back At Any Age with Grant Elliott
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
Chase Chewning
5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2025
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
This episode is brought to you by State & Liberty, Pique and Joi & Blokes.
Dr. Grant Elliott, DC, founder of RehabFix, joins us to debunk the most persistent myths about back pain and reveal the truth behind why so many people suffer needlessly. With over 3 million followers and the #1 back pain program in the world, Grant shares how the right mindset, movement, and education can help you avoid surgery and reclaim your quality of life. You’ll learn why your spine is stronger than you think, how fear delays healing, and why rest may actually be hurting you. Whether you’re an athlete, office worker, or just someone trying to live pain-free, this episode will change the way you think about your back forever.
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In this episode we discuss...
00:00 – Back Pain Myth Busters
02:45 – Who is Dr. Grant Elliott?
06:00 – What Really Causes Back Pain
10:30 – The Psychological Trap of Chronic Pain
17:00 – Are Weak Glutes a Myth?
22:45 – Tight Hips & Back Pain
27:30 – Working Through Pain
31:00 – The Truth About Rest
35:45 – Movement as Medicine
40:15 – Sciatica Explained
44:40 – The "Glass Back" Syndrome
48:00 – Posture: Overrated?
52:00 – Modalities: What Works, What Doesn’t
1:05:00 – When Surgery is Actually Necessary
1:12:30 – Avoiding Unnecessary Surgery
1:17:50 – Final Advice: Movement is the Answer
1:19:00 – Ever Forward
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is an Operation Podcast production. |
| 0:03.4 | You believe, quote, everything we've been told about back pain is completely wrong. |
| 0:08.0 | Why? |
| 0:08.6 | I could go on for days about all the myths that are still pushed and still mainstream. |
| 0:13.8 | And not only the entire health space, the back pain space as a whole, but largely to summarize |
| 0:18.1 | this, what everyone's basically told with back pain is just that. Rest it. This is a cause for concern. You'll likely need surgery. Don't load your spine. If you put weight on your back, it just means you're compressing your discs over time, and then there's going to be nothing there, and then it's bone on bone. And literally none of that is true. Yeah, those are main reasons why movement |
| 0:38.4 | just makes us feel better. And for any musculoskeletal injury, but primarily low back pain, we want to |
| 0:44.4 | continue to explore as much movement as we can within our capabilities. Because back pain is a |
| 0:50.0 | movement-based problem, and it needs a movement-based solution. Hi, everyone. My name is Dr. Grant, |
| 0:54.4 | Elliott, founder of Rehab Fix. Welcome to Everford Radio. If you've been feeling off lately, |
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