Listen at » Dr. Stuart McGill on the Real Causes of Back Pain (and How to Fix It) – or watch below. “Back pain is the bane of athletes everywhere. About a third of adults deal with it at some point, and that number is even higher for us fitness folk. To make matters worse, […]
Listen at » Optimal back health and strength training – Strongfirst “StrongFirst Podcast Episode #17 ~ Dr. Stu McGill discusses optimal back health and its importance when strength training.” 2 Key Points: When you are designing your training regimen, it helps to know your goals. On a deeper level, it also helps to know what […]
Listen at » Clinical Podcast: The Truth About Back Pain | Dr. Stuart McGill “Some tough questions about back pain, pain science, and commentary about psychological and mechanical perspectives to create better patient outcome. We get into mechano-stimulation, and why every back pained person requires an approach tuned to them for optimal success.” ~ Drs […]
All back pain has a cause – understanding this is the key to beating pain. A proper assessment reveals the motions, postures and loads that cause pain versus ones that do not. This evidence-based approach resulted from 32 years of lab and clinical investigations. The first objective is to stop the cause to allow the […]
Listen at » 93: The Low Back, Part 2; w/ Dr. Stuart McGill Dr. Stuart McGill, PhD, guests this week on Movement Fix Podcast. He has previously been on the podcast for part 1 on the low back. Dr. McGill is a world-renowned lecturer, (recently retired) professor, author, and consultant to many olympians and world […]
Listen at » Squat University – Low Back Pain with Dr. Stuart McGill > Listen on iTunes
IMPROVE SPEED, POWER, AND NEURO DRIVE WITH THIS EXERCISE CREATED BY A FOREMOST AUTHORITY IN SPINAL BIOMECHANICS. By Brian Carroll In May of 2013, I met Dr. Stuart McGill, who, in short, saved my athletic career. I had a badly damaged back and was on the way out of elite powerlifting. He helped me start from ground zero, rebuild […]
Stuart McGill, a professor at the University of Waterloo and Chief Scientific Officer at Backfitpro, gives us an in-depth look at the trainer’s role with clients who suffer from back pain and discusses the causes of back pain and disorders. Most back-pained patients who are referred to me have symptoms caused by trainers and clinicians. […]
Listen at » Anchors of Health: 10: Fix Your Back Pain with Dr. Stuart McGill In episode 10, you’ll learn the step by step McGill Method to fix back pain. We discuss his book, “Back Mechanic – The Secrets to a Healthy Spine Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You.” Dr. Stuart McGill is a professor emeritus, […]
Listen at » DR. STUART MCGILL ON FOOTWEAR, FOCAL POINT, AND CUES IN THE DEADLIFT When I did my recent research for Pulling Science, I had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Stuart McGill. There’s a good chance you’ve heard his name before. I think it’s safe to say he’s the world’s foremost expert on […]
Listen at » humanOS – The Science on How to Avoid or Improve Back Pain Podcast with Stuart McGill About 40% of people worldwide will get lower back pain at some point in life, and on any given day roughly 12% of adults are experiencing lower back pain. This crippling condition strongly influences quality of […]
From an HFE Interview in the UK: Professor Stuart McGill is arguably the world’s foremost authority on matters related to the spine and back pain. With decades of experience, including thirty years as a professor at the University of Waterloo, his investigative research has explored the mechanics of back pain, rehabilitation, injury resilience and performance. […]