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Back Pain Treatment, Prevention and Insights from Leading Spine Expert Dr. Stuart McGill #346

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The Power of Gluteal Power

"I spend an inordinately large amount of time on like making sure the glutes can activate all aspects of the range," he says. "If I have an artificial knee with no muscle, I could still lift and you couldn't tell the difference by looking at the kinematics" When you become gluteal dominant, you unload your knee - that's what happens to a sprinter if they don't lock down their core. The pec major muscle is actually neutral on its own for creating the end effect but as soon as it locks into the ground 100% of activity just goes to driving my arm.

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