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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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Do You Need to Foam Roll Your Back?

i saw a guy working himself over with the nabbious narls, a black foam roller. He was really working on a spine with this very intense foam roller. It seemed to me unwise. Don't do it. You would be far wiser to go pay a clever manual therapist who knows where to direct the therapy to and what tissue in your back. As i said, that's for spines. And i don't have a basis for opinion on the big extremities.

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