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What’s Best For Back Pain: Machines Or Free Weights?

Posted on August 3, 2021 by William Richards

What’s Best For Back Pain: Machines Or Free Weights? There is a healthy debate when it comes to the topic of machines vs free weights. You can argue both sides when it comes to what is best for beginners or building overall muscle.  In my opinion, there’s a big difference when comparing machines vs free […]

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Should You See A Chiropractor For Your Lower Back Pain?

Posted on May 19, 2021 by William Richards

Should You See A Chiropractor For Lower Back Pain? During my season of chronic low back, I saw a lot of different chiropractors. All of them specifically for low back pain but each of them claiming to have the edge or the “thing” that was going to make one treatment better than any I had […]

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3 Reasons Your Lower Back Pain Isn’t Going Away

Posted on November 24, 2020 by William Richards

3 Reasons Your Lower Back Pain Isn’t Going Away There’s nothing more frustrating than doing what seems like “all the things” for back pain relief and nothing seeming to work.  What in the world do you do from here?  Before you run off and have that surgery, injection, or chiropractic adjustments let’s look at some […]

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Best Shoes For Back Pain Sufferers: 2020 Update

Posted on August 18, 2020 by William Richards

The Best Shoes For Back Pain Sufferers: 2020 Update Have you ever taken home a pair of super expensive shoes (even if they were rated the best shoes for back pain sufferers) and after a while wearing them your back starts to ache?  Do you have a hard time finding the best shoe to help […]

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Inversion Tables Don’t Fix Back Pain: 3 Reasons Why

Posted on July 14, 2020 by William Richards

3 Reasons Why Inversion Tables Won’t Fix Your Back Pain If you have ever considered buying or have been using an inversion table for any period of time for your back pain and you’re still not seeing the relief you want, you might want to stick around.  Today, I am going to share with you […]

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Exercising With Herniated Discs – 3 Rules You Must Follow (2020)

Posted on August 8, 2022 by William Richards

3 Rules For Exercising With a Herniated Disc (2020)   Exercising with herniated discs or any history of disc injury for that matter can be extremely scary and frustrating all at the same time. You don’t want to do more damage but everyone and their mother is telling you that exercise is SOOO important and […]

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Hip Hinge Technique – 3 Simple Techniques For Fixing Back Pain When Bending

Posted on June 9, 2020 by William Richards

Having the right hip hinge technique is critical for navigating persistent bank pain when bending forward. When you’re trying to overcome chronic pain the first thing you should look at is your hip hinge technique. If you can’t dial in the proper hip hinge form you could be missing a big piece of the puzzle. […]

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Tweaked Back – 4 Overlooked Strategies For Healing A Tweaked Back FAST

Posted on April 14, 2020 by William Richards

Just about anyone who is living and breathing have experienced a tweaked back at some point in their life. Whether it’s a tweaked back from deadlifting, a tweaked back from squatting, a tweaked back from doing simple chores around the house. At some point in your life, you will be searching for your personal tweaked […]

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My 8 Major Lower Back Pain Relief Mistakes 2020

Posted on April 7, 2020 by William Richards

I made a lot of lower back pain relief mistakes during the 6+ years that I suffered from chronic low back pain. It was a very frustrating and unproductive season of my life where everything was consumed by searching for a relief strategy that actually worked. In the 2020 variation of this post, I am […]

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How Many Reps Should I Do To Get Stronger And Build Muscle?

How Many Reps Should I Do To Get Stronger And Build Muscle?

Posted on January 6, 2020 by William Richards

Have you ever wondered whether the number of reps you’re currently doing in your program is actually going to get you results? What if I told you that the number of reps you do doesn’t really matter? What if I told you that you could do any rep scheme you wanted to on any given […]

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"Again amazing video, I save all your emails in a folder! Seriously you are one of the very few people who get the cause of back pain for most of us with sedentary lifestyles!

Since following your guide, working with a good physio and strengthening my core, my pain has greatly reduced after 1.5 years of suffering."
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"I absolutely love your website and videos. I have McGill’s books and have read innumerable online articles re back pain, but your descriptions, explanations and videos really hit it home with me. Thanks to you, I am on the road to healing after 2+ years of lower back pain. Thank you for such informative articles; not too long or overly complex and not too simplified either. Just right!"
-Michelle

"The first time I mashed the QL muscles with a field hockey ball and followed it up with the stretch in the door frame, it was like oiling a creaky door– it was almost instant relief. Since then, over the past month, I have continued to do the exercises and stretches on your site and they have helped so much. The other pose I do to “unstick” my back is the “happy baby” yoga stretch…that one in combination with these QL stretches have pretty much solved the back issues that have plagued me for years. So, thank you so much for this post."
-Allison D.

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