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Episode 35: Stuart McGill explains the mechanics of back pain and the secrets to a healthy spine

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Is There a Degenerative Dis Disease?

I ask them a series of questions that they write yes or no to, and then i guide them through nine tests. I change the tension on the spinal cord by moving their neck into different positions. So we'll find out if they have nerve trapsa extension in tolerance, flexion intolerance. The first order of business then is to avoid your cause. And we had off air a discussion about swimming. Well, swimming ai doesn't cause disk bulges, yes. But it could tell hem, you know what, front crawl or freestyle and breast stroke will irritate your back. Ah, well, trigger a nerve and that will be a sharp pain. O thats that's a

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