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28
Jun
2019

Stuart McGill a Legend in Spine Care and Performance – Leave Your Mark Podcast

Listen At » https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/stuart-mcgill-a-legend-in-spine-care-and-performance/id1367473181?i=1000442690507 This episode features spine care legend, Stuart McGill. Stu is retired but for many years served as a Professor of Spine Biomechanics at the University of Waterloo, and is Chief Scientific Officer of Backfitpro. As a professor for 30 years he explored low back mechanics and has been the author of […]

17
Jun
2019

Why Do Our Backs Hurt? Modern Wisdom Podcast #081

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 […]

23
May
2019

Strength Chat – Episode 68: Professor Stuart McGill

“To be able to have the opportunity to have this guy as a guest and pick his brains was absolutely awesome. For this weeks Strength Chat, it was a pleasure to chat with the Chief Scientific Officer for Backfitpro, as well as an author and contributor to numerous peer-reviewed journal papers, with his research into […]

26
Mar
2019

BACK PAIN IN GYMNASTICS WITH DR. STUART MCGILL: MECHANISMS, EVALUATION, AND TRAINING

Listen At » http://shiftmovementscience.com/drstuartmcgill/ “I am incredibly excited to share with listeners an interview with someone who I have looked up to for many years, Dr. Stuart McGill. Dr. McGill has a PhD from the University of Waterloo and is one of the most internationally known researchers in spine biomechanics, having worked at The University […]

11
Feb
2019

StrongFirst Podcast Episode #21

Listen At » StrongFirst Podcast Episode #21 “Dr. Stu McGill joins the show for a second time to talk about breathing and when to use what kind of breathing. Dr. McGill also talks to your host Craig Marker about picking up odd objects, wedging, and getting strong with power breathing.”

2
Jan
2019

Optimal back health and strength training – Strongfirst

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 […]

26
Dec
2018

Clinical Podcast: The Truth About Back Pain | Dr. Stuart McGill

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 […]

13
Dec
2018

Master Your Back Pain – All back pain has a cause

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 […]