One thing I have never stopped doing over the last 18 years as a trainer is continually trying to learn and find more effective ways to become fit and healthy. Many of my best lessons have come from mistakes or getting stuck with a method that was simply not working that led me to look elsewhere for answers and more effective ways to deal with the problem I was facing. One of those times was several years ago when I was working with several clients with chronic back problems that were not showing the results I was hoping for with my exercise interventions.

This is usually where I would be looking for better exercises or different programs for the current one may not be working. This is where you often hear me talk about great methods by Dr Stuart McGill or some other health professional with an interesting exercise but sometimes I can end up overthinking things and get frustrated and confused with too many changes. I have to remind myself to keep things simple and begin looking at what other things can contribute to preventing the person from improving.

I wrote an article about lessons I learned from Dr McGill which you can check out below
https://www.noregretspt.com.au/index....

When you talk to people with back pain and you ask them the question, what movement makes your back hurt? Their answer will often refer to some simple activity they do during the day. For example, when they bend over to pick up something, when they try to sleep at night, when the sit at work, or standing for long periods. Sometimes it may even be when they go for a walk that their pain is immense.

This is where we try to find exercises that will make it easier to sit, stand, walk, and bend and this often works. However, sometimes it may be more to do with the WAY THEY sit, stand, walk, and bend that is the problem and until we modify these actions they are going to get stuck in a constant cycle of ongoing pain. The big question is what is the best way to complete these activities?

Well, as you would expect that is not an easy answer to provide. This is sometimes where you can gain insights by observing people who do not have pain and this is where my research led me to a book by Esther Gokhale that changed the way I looked at back pain and posture forever.

Make sure you check out my detailed article about this in the link below as I dig much deeper than this video.
https://www.noregretspt.com.au/index....

Other articles with great information that relate to this video you will find below

What type of back pain do you have?
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Bulging Disc Treatment for successful long term results
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Bulging Disc Exercises Only Work If You Address Poor Movement
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