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As an RN for 26 years, how I wish I'd had you as my anatomy instructor. You guys rock!

I've been having back problems for over a decade and regularly see doctors, chiropractors, and pain management physicians. I learned more about my spine in this 20 min video than all of my doctor appointments combined. Great stuff.

I hated Biology at school (least favourite subject), but if this guy had been the teacher, it would have likely been my favourite subject, as I would have actually been incredibly interested & understood everything because of how great he is talking about the subject matter in a way that is both interesting and easy to follow. This is a fantastic channel - 10/10 and a privilege to watch. Thank you.

This channel motivated me to finally stop procrastinating and get off my ass to register for whole body donation to a local medical school when I die. I wanted to donate my body to science anyway, but watching these videos really lit a fire under me to get that in order sooner rather than later. Sure I’m only 19 but hell I could end up on a LiveLeak video tomorrow for not looking both ways down the street. It’s honestly a huge relief and I feel good about my decision, so thanks guys! On an unrelated note as an art student your vids help tremendously with my anatomy/life drawing homework! Really helps to see all those muscles and bones in action.

This is the quickest I've clicked on a notification considering I am in agony with my back right now!

As a 54 year old veteran who is about 100lbs overweight, I recently went back to the gym. About 3 years ago, I had been working out and had lost some weight but had a freak (non-workout related) accident where I shattered my kneecap and detached my patellar tendon. After some family tragedies, loss of employment and the pandemic, I am now back to trying to get back into shape and be healthy again. This time I decided to take a personalized diet plan from Next Level Diet, and even hire a personal trainer to make sure I don’t cause injuries to my 54 year old body with all my limitations from past accidents and age. My trainer and I are focusing on strength training to help with injury prevention and prevent osteoporosis (which runs in my family) and help with arthritis and balance. It has been about a month and I am already feeling so much stronger!!😎😎

4.5 years ago I was rear-ended in my car, sitting at a light. Herniated my L5-S1 and several bulges as well. I was an otherwise healthy and active guy. I try not to complain, because I know plenty of people have it worse, but I flat out can’t convey how much this has legitimately ruined my life. My work has suffered (I had a good career and was climbing the ladder), my gf of 7 years broke up with me because I’m constantly depressed and can’t do anything physical or fun anymore, and am borderline addicted to pain meds. I spend my life at countless drs appts, therapy, chiropractors, acupuncture, etc etc etc. I’ve had 17 or so surgical center procedures on top of the fusion surgery. It’s insane to think how one lady not pressing her right foot 4 inches down can destroy someone’s quality of life in an instant

Thank you ♥️ as someone with disc bulges at L4-5 and L5-S1 with nerve issues AND Multilevel facet arthropathy from T12 to S1 your video has helped me understand it so much better. Being 35 and in constant pain sucks :(

I have scoliosis, sway back, a herniated disc in my lower back that's pinching nerves, and a tilted hip. The pain is constant and has greatly impacted what activites I am able to do. This video was super interesting and I'd love to see more about what contributes to back pain.

Big thanks to the channel for explaining all of these body parts to us.. This month my mother is doing her final nursing test to get her nursing number and y'all have been a huge help to her, I really hope that The Lord keeps you safe and protects y'all in what ever way he can... this channel has not only help me but it also helped millions of other people... God bless y'all souls...

After watching this and a few other back videos I decided to purchase a horizontal roman chair. They're about 120 on Amazon. I've had back pain so bad at work I could barely walk and people kept asking what's wrong. After just a week with the roman chair, absolutely no more back pain. NONE after dealing with it for a year. The first time I did it, I was spent at 6 reps, now I can do 25. From my research the problem is often from weak back muscles, in my case it's proven correct. Side note, I also do the roman chair backwards. That is lying face down with my head where the foot posts are and do leg raises. That's my experience but it's something to consider if your doc can't find an actual cause of the back pain. By doc I don't mean a chiropractor.

I'm a 46 year old female who at 13 , was diagnosed with severe scoliosis. My curve was a 75 degree lumbar curve. I had surgery at 13 in SLC and had Herrington rods placed from T4-L4. I've recently been working with a PT who is specialized in the Schroth-Barcelona Method. It's super interesting on how breathing properly can help alleviate pain. It's all about elongation when it comes to scoliosis. Check it out sometime, if you haven't heard of it. I enjoyed your video!

Any chance of your teaming up with a physical therapist and really zooming in on the mechanical aspects of back pain relief? and what makes them 'crack' and why that comes with a lot of relief for some people? (thanks so much for your amazing channel and excellent presentations)

What an great video on back pain, gives a great account on how it occurs and the mechanics. As someone with a herniated L5 and L4, that deals with sciatica in both legs. I can testify how awful it can be. Especially when you re-injure it. It's been 5 years and I'm not the same. Disc and back muscle pain, barely being able to move or twist. Not being able to lift things. It affects way more than you think it does. Take care of your back, it's the only one you've got lol Cool to actually see the sciatic nerve

I used to have strong sciatic pain before 2010, in 2010 I fell 3 meters and landed on my bum. Broke my back in 2 places L4 and L3, broke my Kocsis and my right hand. I was fitted with a back brace that at the top went under and over my arm pits, 4 x 12mm s/steel posts connected to the top brace, 2 front and 2 rear, they were attached to a hip brace. My back was held bolt up straight with this brace for 10 weeks. The brace also held upright tension stretching my back and I believe this helped to repair my L5 bulging disc as the scan show my back even in 2023 has no bulging discs. Each day I exersise with moderate weights 25Kg (20 lifts), 40-50 pushups and 5 kilometer walks. I'm now 61 and feel stonger and better that in my 40's.

I had back pain for over 5 years when I was 29. I am now painfree. The number one way to protect your spine is to build a good strong back. 💪

I've got more diagnosed problems with my back than I can name. This was a very accurate video based off of what I've learned over the last 20+ years.

Right on time!…..Just tweaked my back 6 days ago. I’m middle aged, played sports from 8-18, factory work for 21yrs, total work history of almost 30yrs. I’ve had rehab, shots, back surgery etc;. Unless, new technology comes out (I’m afraid this will be a problematic way m for me the rest of my life…🥺). My knee is throbbing as I type. The pain has been coming and going. All I did was bend down to lift and move a game machine in my basement. Bad posture, a pop, and now I’ve been in pain every since…Will stretch and get on the treadmill when I get home….Good Luck everyone!…🙏🏾❤️❤️

Man this cleared up so much. 11 years of being a massage therapist and years and years of abuse, I now know what my issues are thanks to you!

I would absolutely LOVE to see a deep-dive on sciatica!

As someone with spina bifida who deals with multiple pains at once due to that, such as trouble with walking, massive pain around the end of the back (which affects the leg as well) and maaany other bone/nerve issues in result of it, I'd like to see you talk about the different kinds of spina bifida and explain the consequences/symptoms of it. I have the "mildest" type and it's already horrifying, my mom's case is a very peculiar one because she pretty much has some missing bones (her spine didn't accompany her growth).

Mfw I fractured the L3-L5 in gymnastics a decade ago. I'm extremely lucky to not have any lasting back pain left over from it, at least for now. Glad to learn more about all this, thanks for continuing these videos!

Yup in ‘21 I was letting my dog out n poof… bent over and couldn’t stand… hit the floor at the door n had to reach up n let my dog out…I was down, alone n could move… had to pull my rug over just to get the phone so I could call my sister… we’ll all said and done… yr later then operated on my L1, infused with a concrete form to lift the L2 n now here I am, still healing n doing better. Thanks for your input n good to know Amen 🙏!

I’ve just come out of hospital after having a heart attack with phnomia. I had most of the symptoms you described . I’m 60 yrs old and had been weak and sick for a while, I also have asthma which is why I thought I was just having a an asthma attack. My partner rang the ambulance and I’m so glad he did!

Love these videos! One of the things they didn't cover this time, is vitamin deficiency. I had severe back pain for 7+ years. I saw a few doctors in that time. The last was an Ortho. They said I had a degenerated disk that was causing my pain. They said they could offer a couple of PT sessions. If it got worse we could talk pain meds and if that wasn't enough we could talk surgery. I was 37 and they made it sound like something I was going to have to live with for the rest of my life. I had a physical few months later, they told me my vitamin D was extremely low. I started taking D, with no expectations of the changes it might bring. Within 3 months my back pain was gone! What I learned after that was that we're degenerating from our late teen-early 20s, you just wouldn't know it unless you had an x-ray. I'm not saying to start taking vitamin D. I'm saying to get some basic blood work done. I wish someone had said that to me in the early days of my pain. The years of pain I could have avoided ( angrily shakes first). I've been taking D for 3+ years( getting my levels checked periodically), I am still pain free.

I've never been so happy to see a notification. I'm having excruciating pain in my lower back. An MRI scan showed herniated discs, leading to sciatica. I have rheumatoid arthritis, which doesn't help. Covid has delayed essential treatment. This video has been very useful. I feel more determined to find a solution.

He explains things so well… This is the Bio teacher we wished we all had. 🤩

These videos are amazing - perfect balance of technical and laypersons language. Watching these before I see a doctor so that I can help have a useful conversation. Will check out the other videos too. Great stuff - thank you!

I actually never have to worry about back pain, I had severe scoliosis as a child and had to get spinal fusion, since a lot of the nerves were severed in the process, most of my back is numb

Started getting lower back pain and upper back knots. I started doing full body stretches morning and night, focusing on leaning into hips, glutes, and of course the back. Essentially a modified version of the warm up and flexibility work out from "The Stuntwoman's Workout". It's taken a few months, but now that I'm stretched out and get relieving pops instead of knots I experience far less pain. Some Tiger Balm on bad days and more walking instead of sitting, and I count myself lucky.

You would think, with back pain being so debilitating, that more 'cures' would be a priority. Yet, so many people, myself included, are on disability, more importantly, very little quality of life.💔

You guys are amazing! I learned so much more with this video than with my doctor. Last year I had a lumbar fusion surgery, but the pain has never leave. Pretty frustrating to be honest. Thank you for your videos!

I was diagnosed with a bulge at L4 and L5 a couple days ago, just bad luck, i thought I was being dramatic and it was muscle pain but this makes me feel a lot better, like I’m not being a big baby for no reason! Loved this video, cheers

It’s amazing how thick the sciatic nerve is! It seems like it would be so thin, but wow, it’s so easy for something that big to get compressed. Great video!

More on Back Pain please. I want to see everything you teach about it. I have it from C1 to L5. It is fascinating to see the actual body parts and how they look and function.

I love my inversion table. Its saved me so much. Doing that regularly have eliminated all my back pain. It feels great too.

I have upper back pain and neck pain from being rear ended. Would like to see a video on whiplash.

It’s 3:00 am and I cannot sleep because of back pain. Thanks for this video! This helps me to understand the potential causes…

Your videos are excellent, very informative and easy to follow. Thank you for explaining everything in layman terms so those of us without a medical background can understand.

I would like a visual explanation of the crick in the neck we all get that seems to be from sleeping wrong, simply because it's so intense and long lasting. Thanks love the channel.

Very informative. I've dealt w/spinal issues since I was 24yr old. I ended up w/surgery in '08 when my L5 herniated disc had compressed the right side of my sciatic nerve completely flat! My neurosurgeon said that there was so much pressure on the sciatic nerve that it blew the piece of bone he had to pry out after sawing down, completely out of my back, he said it sounded like a champagne cork blowing off. The piece of bone hit the ceiling in the OR and bounced onto the floor. At the same time my sciatic nerve came flying up through that hole, that's how much pressure my disc had on it. I know the pain I was experiencing prior to surgery was unbearable & I literally wanted to blow my head off. Afterwards ALL that excruciating pain was gone, I cried because of being so thrilled to be pain free & thanked my surgeon profusely! Also in 2020 I had to go back in to have my L3, L4, done & my L5 redone.

As someone who's been suffering from neck pain due to a slight loss of curvature this was informative. I would like if perhaps you do something like this for the neck as it seems a lot of people have issues with it nowadays, either with tension or vertebrae. Especially now, after covid where people worked from home in front of a computer without a proper setup.

Today i went to the doctor to see my X-ray result to see what the hell was stuck in my esophagus all this time, and i ended up discovering i have scoliosis... i freaked out when i saw the weird shapped snake in my back, i asked the nurse what the hell was that and she told me it was my column, i wanted to crack my ass off out of sadness💀

This channel is the must watch; one of the most important channel about human body

I have polycystic kidney disease and "innumerable" liver cysts. Back pain is so often my companion (in stage 4) and I was wondering if you might be able do a video showing PKD and how pain can result from it? I love this channel and appreciate learning from y'all. You're interesting and easy to understand, yet entertaining, too. **Many** thanks.

My back is a complete mess. I've got Tarlov Cyst Disease (a CSF filled sac around the nerves at S1-S2) arthritis and dessicated discs. I want my body to be used when I'm gone so students can see how pain from this affects the body. I know that living with chronic pain for years has caused hypertension, neuropathy and who knows what else. I'm almost afraid to watch this. 😅

This video is so good, I keep pausing it to recover from the queasiness of watching the actual body parts, as well as letting the info sink in, and then playing it again so I can keep learning. Great Job IoHA!

I will be 30 on Saturday. Been suffering with muscle spasms and back pain since I was 18. No major injuries, I just didn’t get the good draw of the cards when it came to a good spine. Multiple small bulges throughout my entire lower lumbar, bone spurs, and narrowing of my spinal canal causing neuropathy in my hands, legs, and feet. I have muscle spasms that hospitalize me because I cannot move. I wish this wasn’t my reality as I will probably be wheel chair bound when I am older however I will continue to push myself to stay active and healthy as long as possible with non invasive surgeries. Prayers to all suffering.

As someone who just suffered from an acute lower back injury from lifting, it's helpful seeing this video to show me what is going on more clearly. Fortunately rest and stretching routines have been successful!

just something I wanna share w the people here: my father recently went through a laser surgery for his back pain. so basically one or two of his spinal discs bulged posteriorly which caused problems w the nerve. he had suffered a lot from this injury but this new laser technology thing helped a lot and he didn't have to go through any critical surgery (involving cutting skin). and right now he's doing so much better Alhamdulillah. so I wanted to share this to let people know that have similar problems and don't wanna cut off their backs. so maybe they can consider this laser surgery as an option.

This gentleman is an amazing teacher and his fascination with the human body is infectious.thank you sir,i did not know i could have a passion(or the stomach,pun intended)for the human body.

Jonathan is probably the only guy who is genuinely authentic when talking about video sponsors! Much appreciated 🙏🏼 Doesn’t feel forced.

I am so glad I found this channel a few months ago, I have learnt so much and love how you guys go so in depth about things in an easy to digest way! Thanks for the awesome content 🙂

DUDE this video has come at the right fucking time, I’ve been in agony

i always tend to come back to this channel late at night, I just really find these videos interesting

I have back pain even after surgery I still feel lot of pain I wish I never had the surgery at all

Thank you for this video. I'm in my early thirties and was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease and osteoarthritis in multiple parts of my body but predominantly in my hips from Perthes disease twice as a child and hypermobility. No one has ever taken the time to explain what exactly my pain was caused by in detail and being able to actually SEE how it works and why it hurts is very cathartic.

After multiple back surgeries, ending up with a fusion from L1-S1 I had to check out this video. My life revolves around back pain

I am so grateful for this video. I am 44. Never had back problems. Played soccer for 20 years. One day after 8 months of no exercise after covid and working from my home kitchen table for 12 hr days I got back out there and played soccer, kicked someone really hard in the shin and my back has never been the same. I have chronic inflammation in my L1 lumbar. I can't sit in my office chair longer than 30 mins. I am a developer so I need to be able to sit. I'm working hard now to really figure out what is going on and get my healing. I've spent over 7k in back dr, physical therapy, chiropractor, steroid shots, acupuncture, massage, exercise. I do have herniated discs in my MRI but it's in L5 and csomething. My mom has a really bad back and my younger brother. The dr. said it was probably inherited. He said it didn't come from anything I did recently, he said it was in play for years and maybe being over 40 and not exercising for 8 months revelead the pain.

Thorough and interesting discussion. Always appreciate the visuals, whether cadavers, white board, skeletons, or other items. Brings everything to life. Is your lab utilizing Augmented Reality with students? Are there ways you can use AR through future videos too?

I have backpain caused by ankylosing spondylitis. This was interesting to see especially about facet since that is involved. I would have loved to see more on the ligaments attached to spine.

The anatomy of the spine is extremely complex as shown in this video. Like he describes, this is a couple potential causes of low back pain. It becomes really hard to actually narrow down back pain to a specific anatomical cause however. It’s around 20% of the time we are able to pin point specific anatomy to the source of peoples pain. This can be really frustrating for patients and providers alike. Psychogenic pain is probably the most difficult type of back pain to rehab from. These folks are usually chronic low back pain patients whose nervous system has inappropriately adapted to send pain signals to non threatening stimuli. The pain is real, but the tissue is not actually being damaged. Very hard to work through explaining this to patients and harder for the patient to work through understanding these psychological stressors or fear avoidance behaviors related to movement. Excellent video.

Another really informative video; great job! I noticed you didn’t mention bone spurs. I have some pretty severe osteoarthritis throughout my neck and back that has also resulted in the growth of several bone spurs. From what I’ve been told, those bone sours further aggravate the nerves and add to my chronic pain and stiffness. In the future, I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on bone sours. Thank you.

I have a herniated disc and had to stop playing sports (which was hard) but learned to deal with it in different ways and my chiropractor helped tremendously. I absolutely love your videos and learn a lot. I’m a language teacher but health and taking care of my body is a must and you help me understand more on how to do that. Thanks so much and please keep doing this. You guys are awesome!!!

My explanation of my back pains before watching the video: 1. It feels like my lower back is “too curved” and I need to bend forward (touch your toes direction) in order to relieve the stress, I often do this in the morning and night while on the toilet and it cracks the most. 2. Probably more common, it feels like I need to be decompressed. Like a pull from the legs and neck away from each other is needed. 3. Tightness right between the shoulder blade and spine, but it feels deep. This arises rarely, only at night in bed and can stop me from falling asleep. Edit after watching: Interesting, the only one of mine that was talked about was the third one, but it’s cool to see that me saying the tight felt “deep” may actually be true to reality, given you said the back muscles are behind the “back” muscles.

I love so much how Jonathan explain so clearly

Herniated disc survivor here! Pain gone after TWO years, still tingling in my foot, but I’m stronger than ever before 😊

Thank you so much for such an amazing detailed video. I was diagnosed with Spondylolisthesis grade 1 in my L5 and S1 on Dec 2021. I do a lot of cycling and kayaking and jogging. However at the age of 44, because like you said, ageing sucks. Our bones degenerate. So, I did decompression therapy and physiotherapy. I took 10 Chinese Acupuncture sessions in the areas where I felt it was impossible to release the muscles and the spasms. I reduced my sitting hours by getting a mobile desk standing and sitting desk and shifted from full time to part-time work I got my first corticosteroid injection in April 2022. I bought an amazing Teeter inversion table. I do inverse myself daily three times, especially after exercising and before going to sleep. Lastly, I both an adjustable mobile bed in which I can move the head, neck, feet and lumbar area if I want to sleep by side. Plus, an amazing semi-firm orthopedic foam mattress. The only ones recommended by spine surgeons. All of this will keep me away from surgery. Sleep, sleep, sleep, pain management hypnosis and RELAX. Is the BEST MEDICINE plus good supplements to SLOW the bone degeneration process.!!!!!

I herniated a lumbar disc for the first time last June, and have since herniated that same disc twice more, most recently in January. I have been waiting for this video since then and it did not disappoint! Definitely gonna give that Helix mattress a try!

love it! thank you for educating the people on the reality of this often disabling issue. I've got a very uncommon injury: a symptomatic thoracic disc herniation, it affects one person per million people. The pain it causes, both at the site and trough its effect on the abjacent nerve roots, is very severe, and sadly, due to its location, its really hard and risky to perform sugery on... 😞

Hey guys, I really love your videos because they are very informative and very well explained. I often use them to better understand a health condition of my own patients and also refer to your channel foe them to understand. This one is really great but I missed two points: first of all the role that fascia plays in backpain (especially chronic pain and also that you did nit mention acupuncture or osteopathy as possible therapies. If you look at the research you will see that acupuncture often comes out first in comparative research of different modalities. It would be great to mention it for its action on inflammation, muscle relaxation, bone repair, pain management and fascia relaxation, because it really brings relief to most of the conditions you talk about in this video and could help a lot of people to get better. That said, keep up the great work you do and thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Thanks from the bottom of my heart. You explained and Actually showed us the body part that could be causing some or all of back pain!! Great explanation and real bodies to boot! Your channel rocks !

Could you do a segment on Kyphoplasty? I've had 3 so far. Not wanting more. A lot of females haven't heard of this. Thank you for your time. Love your channel.

Excellent video! Would love to hear about more preventive measures and perhaps touch on topics like cracking your back, hyper mobility or pretty much anything to do with home stretching / training that can be used preventively

I'd love a video deep dive into lower back muscular pain and how strengthening can aid

I been dealing with my back pain for 18 year's now the whole time I was watching this video back was hurting just listening in watching the video on back pain.. I have learned a lot since I watch this video about what's going on with my back in I believe it's my desk in my lower back that's bothering me going to go in head in get a check up to make sure but I'm glad I watch this video it really help me to understand more about back pain....

I've had radio ablation and it was about 80% effective on my overall pain, with my remaining back pain coming from muscle weakness (easily fixed with physio). But the last bit of pain came from hip bursitis. Bursitis is something I never really heard of before then; but it was likely caused by years of holding myself different from pain. I'd like to add I'm 37, my serious pain started when i was 30. I've had basically every type of back pain discussed, sometimes all at once. No idea if my bursitis will be recurring yet, as I just got it treated with steroids two weeks ago. BUT I would love to hear more about bursa around the body.

I just clicked this video as soon as I saw it. I so desperately hope it will explain why my trapezoidal and neck muscles have been sore for 16 years. I've tried massaging, exercising, even a chiropractor, nothing was worked long term.

Very intuitive video. Thanks. I have lower back pain due to degradation (minor) in the disks. Is it possible to get rid of the pain without pain meds? Please advise about the use of vitamins, supplements and exercise.

Great video. Nicely explained. Helpful in my nursing course. Thank you ❤️

Love your videos! Reminds me of my college dissection days. My husband, who is still young, recently found out he has Degenerative Disc Disease. He has dealt with a right arm/hand birth defect but his back pain didn't start until his late teens/early 20's. We'd love to see a video on that :D Have a great weekend guys!

very useful video as someone with funky back things. something to do with sciatic, but no clue what exactly it is beyond my mother having the same issue, except WORSE. love casually learning about anatomy besides that!!

Thanks for another great video. I have LBP and always wondered what the heck it looked like under there. Thanks for explaining it so well (youre a master at that!) . A moment of deep respect and thanks to the person who donated their body for science, for training the next generation of medical professionals and for educating average Joes like me.

A tight psoas major caused my back pain for 16 years which was resolved by targeted stretching of the affected area on a roman chair in the gym and resistance exercise of that muscle.

Highly appreciate your efforts Jonathan. This video is a good introduction and very informative. I have scoliosis due to lumbar hemivertebra. I’m 32 and much curious to know about my future with scoliosis and associated multiple disk bulge. I wish if you could do a part2 of this video focusing on scoliosis since it doesn’t have any treatment as per my limited knowledge.

Fascinating video, I suffer from regular back pain due to various curves in my spine. I would love to hear more about pain that could be caused by SBO, Lordosis, Kyphosis or Spondylolisis (can't spell that one!).

I endlessly appreciate this channel for being one of the most comprehensive cadaver study resources. Anytime I watch these videos, it just refuels my passion for studying human anatomy and appreciation for just how amazing all the structures of the human body are. Thank you for making these quality videos!

What a great video, years after injuring my back thru lifting without care, I have had all the effects demonstrated. After much more care and a wonderful osteopath I live almost problem free at 75. We are not bulletproof.

Had massive issues with my back for around 10 years now (I'm 47). Prolapsed disc which made my left leg go numb. At it's worst I was prescribed Fentanyl patches for the pain! That was a trippy couple of years lol. I'm going to check out Helix and see if it helps ❤

Love your channel! I have chronic neck issues, I had an ACDF 6 years ago. I would like to see how the nerves connect and affect the arms and hands. Thank you!😊

Thank you for making this video. I had caudia equine sydrome in 2019. My back hurts every day now. I had decompression surgery on L5 then and then now i'm waiting for further surgery on L4. My mobility has been affected, too and will be for the rest of my life.

Funny how this pops up as I fight back pain two days now. Someone is listening. Thanks for sharing.

I'm a physical therapist and physiologist with 30+ years experience. You have done a good overview here of the gross pathology of spine pain. Something re LBP causation that I think needs to be acknowledged and broadcast is the role of carrying excess fat, and eating an unhealthy diet. - fat can be ectopically deposited within the spinal canal, where it can fibrose, become solid, and develop pain sensitivities. It can then contribute to spinal and foraminal stenosis symptoms. Fat also can be deposited along nerves and compromise nerve health and function. - a poor diet accelerates atherosclerosis, thereby compromising blood flow to spine structures. This has enormous adverse impacts on spine health and progression of degenerative changes and chronic pain. i.e. discs passively imbibe water and nutrient inwards, and metabolic waste outwards. When arterioles to the vertebrae are compromised by a rubbish diet and excess weight, discs are among the first structures in the body to suffer significantly (incl. special senses and brain). Facet joints in the Lx are just as vulnerable as in the Cx to poor blood flow and poor diet. Arthritis everywhere in the body is exacerbated by poor perfusion, acid pH, compromised removal of metabolic waste, and psychogenic states that kindle neural and endocrine systems. The role of weight loss and healthy diet cannot be overstated in reducing severity and progression of spine pain. Unfortunately, the majority of westerners including health authorities are profoundly ignorant about what constitutes a healthy diet with ample anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects. I've spent my career trying to smash the barnacles of arrogance and ignorance regarding poor nutrition's role re chronic disease. Whatever is good for osteoarthritis anywhere in the body will be good for the spine. Knee OA is poorly understood by clinicians generally. A XR is taken and cartilage thinning is presumed to be the cause of pain. It isn't. Bone marrow lesions, subchondral cysts, capsulitis, and meniscal lesions are the cause of pain. Most of these are inflammatory in nature (swelling and cytokine effect on pain receptors), and drive the pain. Settle the inflammation, improve circulation, and the pain eases++. I hope you look into this. Medicine has a way of shooting itself in the foot, over and over. The benefits of fasting have been known for centuries, but pig headed journal editors needed a television documentary series to open their minds to its benefits, and begin to publish case reports.

I have spinal stenosis, scoliosis, & deteriorating arthritis in my lower spine. One or all of those is causing so much pain in the muscle to the right of the spine. I hurt so bad after making my bed. The bending over irritates it. I have to rush & sit down to relieve the pain. 😥

What a powerful video! Thanks for sharing guys!

The MRI I had in 2012 showed the disc that should have been between L5 & S 1 was almost all pushed out and compressing everything. The L4 & L5 disc was about a quarter bulged out. I had severe pain from buttocks down to my feet on both sides for almost a year (during which I had to make a 20 hour each way flight, on my own, to deal with a family emergency). It was one of the worst times of my life. I finally had surgery to trim the bulging disc and fuse L5/S1. I still get occasional pain, but it was worth it.

This video has been really helpful and it's really interesting to see the mechanism behind these really common problems! Would it be possible for you to make a video about smoking or deep tissue knots on the shoulders and trapezius?

Working from home during the covid lockdown introduced me to back pain. So it was sort of enlightening to learn about the spine from today's video.

Wow I learned more about my back injuries from this one video, than years of going to orthopedics, chiropractor, physical therapy. Thank you