You know a man is great, not just because academia or doctors tell you he's great, but because literally every gym bro who has ever recovered from a back injury says he's great.

man this lecture is worth 1000 times more than all the videos about back pain I have seen in my life.. thank you so much McGill.. thank you so much for sharing..

Excellent,excellent presentation! A lot of helpful information and tools that I can use. Thank you!

Thank you so much Mr McGill for this ground breaking information!!

Stu Mcgill is a LEGEND!

18:28 20:32 24:43 hip hinge sitting, to brush teeth 26:56 sneeze up 28:09 shoes foot on step 28:32 push down one arm when lifting with other 29:28 3 types abdominal exercises 32:54 20mim walk x3 swinging arms 36:00 38:24 40:36 atlas of back pain 51:45 femoral nerve 56:10 alternate sit lumbar pad, stand

This is ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE MOST EMOTION PROVOKING lectures I've ever seen!!! SWEEPING THE FLOOR during the Bird Dog BLEW MY MIND. Now I'll stop using capitals lol! Incredible and so much information in just an hour.

This is amazing and I wish I had seen and heard of Dr Stuart McGill years ago. I was led here after listening to Catheryn Jakobson Ramin on the Crooked Back Forum on KGED public Radio. I have shared both with many people after finding out how informative he is and she was.

Like the way Dr. Stuart McGill talks!

this guy is amazing. How brilliant

I don't always understand what he's talking about, but he has an almost hypnotic voice. So I watch a lot of his videos. I've seen that "this disc is fine, but this disc has lost a bit of its stiffness..." demonstration millions of times

Excellent lecture--there's a reason no dislikes are there. Let's keep it that way.

FASCINATING & RELEVANT ! Thank you for showing this lecture ! What a refreshing change from the many, many videos available online. Wonderful explanation and by someone with such deep and practical understanding, looking to empower us help ourselves. Don't want to keep rambling. . . . .but I feel so much more positive ! THANK YOU

I'm here after hearing Bob, of 🎶 Bob and Brad, the most famous physical therapists on the internet🎶 interview him. I wish I'd known about him years ago, yet I'm grateful to be able to learn from him now.

Amazing!!! Well done, extremely informative and relevant for absolutely everyone. A world-renowned expert, Dr. McGill is down to earth and makes his scientific research very easy to understand. Especially appreciated are his demonstrations on "spine hygiene" - how to ever so slightly, and very effectively, modify our everyday movements to prevent pain and allow injuries to heal. Outstanding presentation! Would highly recommend that everyone reads his GREAT book, "Back Mechanic", as well! Bravo!

The technique at 35:47 worked really well for me in improving my posture in just 4 minutes. This is incredibly helpful!

Excellent info. I've personally discovered bending from the hip to brush my teeth greatly relieved my lower back pain. This video help me undersrand that it should be incorporated in my everyday movements. I work in a warehouse lifting an average 30 pound boxes. So far so good.

outstanding talk

Years ago i had severe back pain. I had a broad based disc herniation at L5S1 that was causing bilateral sciatica, i had treatment here in the US going from doctor to doctor and nothing helped. Anyways i knew i needed surgery and paid out of pocket in Guadalajara Mexico. I didnt do major surgery but i got Ozone intradiscal injections directly into my herniated disc which reduces the size of the herniation thus relieving nerve pain. I paid 6k for a total of 4 injections and also the doctor removed nucleus material using striker decompressor. Pain wise im at 2-3 from being at 10+ pain for 4 years. I hurt my back in 2010, in 2014 i got my procedure done in Mexico. Its 2021 and its still holding up. I was able to go to college and been working a full time job. I had to stay in Guadalajara for over a month for the treatment but it was worth it. The intradiscal ozone injections were done weekly.

So interesting!

This lecture is my saving angel.

THE KING OF THE MOUSTACHE! MCGILL IS A LEGEND IN MY PROFESSION.

Awesome 👏🏼

Very informative. Thank you.

The man who many years ago through " the big three " changed my life and got me fully mobile ..I remain eternally grateful

WOW!! A-m-a-z-i-n-g...mind blown. I have L4/L5 and S1 Bulges. Definitely going to try Dr Mc Gill's methods. What an incredibly knowledgeable man

Great video!

Great stuff

This was an interesting lecture.

He’s so soft spoken!

Excellent as always Dr Stu McGill. JESleeth Ergonomist and Physiotherapist Optimal Performance Consultants

wow...im gonna start working with 135 barbell for a while. eye opener. Thx canditoe

Awesome. Big fan of Dr Mcgill This video + his STEM-talk episode was super informative

I would love to meet this man! I think he could diagnose a person from a distance even in a cafe.

Thank you, Professor, for using our dynamic disc models to educate your audience.

What kind of arm pad was that for exercise #2, side plank?

I am really interested in the idea of tuning abdominal bracing. I would like to learn more. Any suggestions

Very interesting video. I had a diagnosis of tethered cord syndrome and had surgery with excellent results. However the problem reoccurred 23years later. The "neurosurgeons" looked at my MRI and never saw me. I got turned down. Today I have no bladder and bowel function and I'm in a lot of pain. I'm bitter and feel sad about the whole thing.

33:00 walking is a must! Do in intervals. 20min for breakfast lunch and dinner.

I wish I could ask him about back pain and surfing. Like why does sitting on one board trigger lower back spasms and another doesn't? It's only since having both hips replaced. What he thinks about bike riding and jogging etc... I'll be watching his videos over and over.

What about the stair climber machine? Good fore a sore back ?

What about the stresses of cycling on the lower back?

52:00 "I don't want to avoid your question, but I have to stay within the integrity of the science"

Dr Stuart. I'm 40 years old. I have degenerative disc since I was 16 my last MRI was 2 years ago. In waiting to talk to a surgeon. I'm not sure if other part of my body a weak couse my back more pain,like the Clute min.degenerative disc can heal if seft?

Psoas release stretch is everything for me.

I've hurt my rib sneezing. I recently hurt my back. prior to my injury I had been DLing and Squating for 1.5y. I think the most interesting thing so far (not finished yet) has been him describing hip hinging, using a valsalva, and the bow to do things to avoid pain. when I injured my rip I naturally knew to use those movement patterns. they were already ingrained into my body, and the fact that I could DL and Squat with a rib injury showed me that those movement patterns were safe and helpful. with my current back injury, hip hinging to get stuff off the floor is crucial. so is putting my foot on a chair, or opening my legs very wide while sitting so I can keep a neutral spine while leaning forward. I brace against my knee with my elbow while lifting plates off the floor. unfortunately I've lost a lot of strength, but I'm still DLing and Squatting, and working back up. I just think it's interesting that these movements patterns were so intuitive and natural for me. And as far as sitting goes, sometime after learning to squat I realized I changed the way I sat in chairs. it made me wonder if anyone else noticed that I was squatting to the chair instead of flopping down on them. hope to be pain free again, though I'm kinda saddened. I understand that once you've injured something, you'll eventually heal, but it'll likely become a reoccurring issue.

30:00 the 3 big with cues. Curl-up only head half an inch.. !! More is worse. (C-cervical neutral) (In Pilates they taught just the poor damaging version On YT channel they showed a too exagerated version.. for people with a Y-chromosome as once McGill noted laughing.. But coach E on PM taught it right. Thank you Eric!) Side bridge..ok Bird dog hold max 10 sec. Longer holding impedes capillary bed. So sweep the floor in-between. Spine with natural curve that is the less stress for the spine. Keeping your curves without having your vertebrae jiggling

This guy is master

sorry I didn't understand what was the mechanism of the movement tool at 25:00, can someone explain? is it just to avoid the pain trigger from the weakened posterior AF at disc?

I shall be sending these clips to all of our patients and ergonomic clients who truly need facts and evidence to help their healing process! JESleeth Physiotherapist

Dr McGill, Do you have any opinion on tms or mind body syndrome that dr john sarno and dr david hanscom talk about in regards to back pain?

I would be curious what would cause pain during spinal decompression? I tried it made my sciatic pain and lower back pain worse?

Dr McGill, you'll probably never read this, but I'm reaching out anyway. My situation is that I have a lower back that was injured a few years ago, helping to pick up a patient in the hospital where I was working . I saw a local Otrho Doctor and received steroids and PT. After the last few years I've dealt with off and on horrible back pain. Approximately 21 days ago, I somehow reagrivated it again. This time the pain was different. Excruciating pain and numbness on my left side when walking, sitting and lying in bed. Spoke with a Ortho surgeon in Nashville, but my chances of getting back surgery are months out. Trying to manage the pain with over the counter meds and the PT advice I've found on KZfaq. I worry about permanent nerve damage if the nerve pain doesn't subside. Any advice on how to manage this would be so greatly appreciated! Thanks. Gary from Tennessee

Has anyone tried these methods and had any success. I’m already doing a few of his teaching but still dealing with a lot of pain when sitting. Especially during this pandemic, I’ve tried just about everything. Thanks, any links to his other videos or practice would be greatly appreciated!!!

Leg presses 360lbs. Helps my lower left side of my back I hurt in a car accident.

My problem is from a fall at 12.. From a moving car.then 8 times through life..i do stretches...pain is in sacrum.

Dear Prof McGill, I had severe lower back pain and admitted to hospital. According to my surgeon my MRI showed I had cervical spinal stenosis and must have major surgery immediately. Is cervical spinal stenosis a specific name for lower back pain or another name for the my pain? May I have your kind expert advice, thank you.

Do you have an office here in Toronto where you see patients?

Obviously Dr McGill thinks sitting at a desk causes back pain. But even if I retire, how can I avoid sitting at all? What am I supposed to do for the better part of the day? Stand all day? Sitting in a recliner causes more backpain. So, I am not getting this answer from Dr McGill's videos, what are we supposed to do all day if not sit. How about just lying on bed? does it help?

If you are cardio fit, can you do 30 minutes three times a day x

How can someone meet with Stuart McGill and have him look at their back and prescribe a plan?

7:46 That's taking me.

at 29:25, Dr McGill says: "do not flatten your back on the floor". What about in bed? I usually sleep in various positions during the night, which are both sides and on the back. In that position, the back is always flat, even with a pillow under the knees, and that hurts/spasms. Any hints?

I think we do a disservice by referring to these as "back injuries" (which sounds like "oh a pulled muscle") when in fact most people who have what we call "back injuries" have what should be called "spine injuries" because that is what it is -- I find that when I tell people I have a "bad back" they shrug, when I describe it as a "bone spur pinching my spinal cord" they look horrified and have infinitely more sympathy for the situation

My wife has osteopenia in her spine. No curve in neck vertebrae. c5-6, T9 vertebra fracture compression. Near normal intervertebral spaces and nrve channels. MRI revealed bone density eas not strong enough to place screws. How do we increase bone density? Eats lots of cheese, yogurt, Calcioum with D3 600 mg daily. Starting Magnesium to increase Calcium absorption. Is this aqpproach right?

My back pain is from sitting. I know what triggers my back pain but can't find a good solution for it.

On the last question you said stretching is not good for you go lay down on the table so you’re saying that physical therapy is not good for a person just go lay down on the table Of course you’re gonna say it may be better for Sam and it may be worse for others but the same could go as stretching ? No ? I mean I am serious I’m asking this question because I’m doing a lot of physical therapy right now because for six months I’ve been in pain and couldn’t move for three months out of that six months and I’ve been doing a lot of physical therapy at first and physical therapy hurt me and I did what you said I just laid down and took it easy for a few months when I felt like the inflammation was under control I started doing stretches that are calledThe V stretch the W stretch the tea stretch in the L stretch and I believe that has helped me tremendously to put my body back in better posture by trying to put my shoulder blades down /back It really has seem to help me with my neck issue believe it or not

The guy at 47:10 has been in EVERY SINGLE IHMC lecture I've ever seen, and seems to ask obscure, off-the-wall questions. Let someone else have a turn, mate.

Doctors have no intention of finding the source of back pain. Their STANDARD OF CARE is a cookbook approach as approved by the College of Physicians, the Ontario Medical Association and the Canadian Medical Protective Association. Any doctor who deviates from this Standard of Care is chopped liver and lives in fear of retribution. The best book to read and essential to read on this is "Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health" by Ivan Illych. Much more sophistication on the part of the public is needed to survive the Medical Industrial Complex. Every citizen should buy, read and apply Stuart McGill's book, "The Back Mechanic". It's a life-saver.

dont have subtitles..a pity

17:55 pain triggers

I have had 3 back surgeries, still in pain. Just want to die sometimes 🤦🏽‍♀️. Help!!!

"Stop wearing sandals" Dude I exist in flip-flops, why don't you just ask me to stop breathing too.

After 40 years of gardening I know exactly what he's talking about

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Hmmm .. disagree with the title to a degree. We can't quantify the components of a placebo effect, but we don't state there is no placebo. Likewise, we can rarely identify the specific cause of back pain, even imaging has shown to be largely unreliable in this instance, only aggs/eases/lifestyle/directional preferences and "calm things down" then "build things up". Therefore, Non-Specific Low Back Pain is all we have (~90% of back pain), in the research, this is where we are at. McGill points out some interesting things, but also some things I disagree with coming from a research background. Pain can very much be caused by non-physical mechanisms, pain is a danger reaction to stimuli, if an initial cause is not managed effectively with cofounding psychosocial factors, then the threshold for "pain" neuropathways decreases overtime. "Neurotags" become more active. Many of these tests done by McGill should not form your clinical reasoning, only part of the picture pragmatically as aggs and eases, they have not been quantified in research, the closest thing was Hodges work showing abdominal bracing in shoulder movement and this was grossly misinterpreted during the trans abs fad, even then the difference was 200ms. Again, interesting view and great to see a clinician with years clinical experience rationalising some common problems, but you can't help feel there is a large part of the pie missing in this approach. I guess you gotta learn from McGill & O'Sullivan and take the best from both. They clearly both have their own biases, but I feel O'Sullivan is more evidence informed than McGill.

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Damn I wish this video has subtitles

54:20 on stand up desks

Do you think a front plank can be a suitable substitute for his modified curl-up as part of "The Big 3"?

When you are 48 years old and you have 4 discs that are virtually non-existant, almost completely gone, with absolutely no reason whatsoever (no overuse, no accident, no discernable cause).... and you are in extreme pain, what do you call it ?

Is walking on the Treadmill is count as a walk?

I'm 70 now..i need advice..i don't travel.

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Why someone would dislike this video

Non specific back pain! IE “I’m a lazy doctor that lacks training”😂

I’m about to have Botox injected into my lower back muscles as I have been told that it will make them relax and avoid spasms. Has anyone else tried this? Watching this video has made me reluctant about the injections!

Back problems are sorta like the common cold. The medical establishment hasnt made much progress in dealing with the problems. Every few years they come up with something like fusion,or little rubber inserts but they get disproved eventually Still in 2021 surgery is 50 50 not much progress. Like the cold

With that *one* quote he displays his ignorance of NSLBP, as well as the BPSM.

There is a cure and YES I have found it !!!

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Iam the only one who think why these auditions are there if they supposed to sit more than a hour comfortably 😑

How many other people came here from Jeremy Ethier?

its like he he is explaining 3 d to 2d people

If by no such thing as non-specific back pain one means there is always a physical/mechanical mechanism, not sure anyone would argue. However a situation in which one's physical response( e.g. chronic guarding) to emotional/psychological stress creating a soft tissue environment that triggers pain, that is entirely different from suggesting one's pain is all in their head. Huge distinction, imo. Great, highly informative, presentation otherwise.

Have you had spinal surgery? There you might not have needed.

Wow.😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 So many billioners, millioners in Florida and around the world and the donation box only has 600 dollars. I think people who are greedy and stingy should be laughed at.

"when you're flexed forward, it pushes the gel (nucleus pulposus) out the back" This kind of outdated information is not only proven false, but is also a major part of promoting fear avoidance behavior in CNSLBP. The back is our strongest bodypart and there has not been found any correlation between physical activity/conditioning/back posture and chronic low back pain. McGill has a lot of good and interesting points, and give good guidelines on how to avoid pain in your everyday life. But he is also creating more fear of movement and fear of pain, which really only enhances the pain in the long term. He even claims that it is proven that forward flexion causes CNSLBP, when in reality this claim has been dismissed by overwhelming evidence. However his way of working with patients appears caring and patient centered, and the most of his points are well founded. It's can just be very damaging to spread this kind of misinformation.

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