Do Tight Muscles Cause Back Pain & How To Activate Your Psoas ft. Stuart McGill

Do tight muscles really cause back pain? We've heard it before, but who better to ask than the leading expert on back pain, Dr. Stuart McGill. He clears the air and also teaches us how to activate our Psoas. Then leaves us with the question of, how much do we actually need to activate it? Full episode on all platforms including KZbin here: lnk.to/StuMcGill
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[@robeynewsom2932]

I’ve watched so many back pain/psoas/hip flexor videos and this was absolutely the best.

[@MarkBellsPowerProject]

thank you so much.

[@HerbtasticHerbdaddy]

I have too. I'm beginning to think that I am an expert or something 🤪

[@robstrength]

Sir I mustache you a question

[@MarkBellsPowerProject]

Weeks later and we finally get the joke.

[@Colt-ii4qn]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@7THxSIGN]

It’s very simple…. When Dr. Stuart McGill speaks, I listen. GOAT!!!

[@JungkookwifeN]

Please do more videos with Dr Stuart he's a gift for us athletes and all humanity.

[@coachmattmagnum8238]

Man I’ve been lunging and doing the “couch”stretch for hip/back pain forever with very mediocre results Just added the reach and rotation and wow what a difference! My back popped a couple times just from relaxing into the stretch lol Thanks for the awesome info guys!

[@KarthikVenkataraman]

Always felt tightness on the hip joint thinking it was hip flexor, but now when I stretch by raising the arm on the same side as the leg pushed back and rotate outward, can feel the stretch on the psoas! So good!

[@Oceanfreak6]

I’ve been waiting for this for so long, thanks

[@oumarh.gassama8063]

Okay, this was information valued at market-breaking magnitudes! Thanks for sharing it!

[@devinmansanarez3260]

This is pure gold.

[@cetera.1778]

This is GOD LIKE. just what i needed

[@crcaccounts]

Damn.. have been following mark since bigger stronger faster, content like this makes me wish I'd discovered this podcast sooner.

[@NinjaPandallnight]

Great video

[@infiniteviolence9784]

Great channel.Love the content

[@MarkBellsPowerProject]

Thanks for digging it!

[@katherinejaconello7334]

Really, really good!

[@kevincassman6214]

This video is exactly what I needed exactly when I needed it

[@MarkBellsPowerProject]

Perfect, glad you found it.

[@johnnyh9452]

Stuart is amazing!

[@pipsqueak4660]

Thank you for this! I honestly cannot express my degree of gratitude for this podcast, the folks you bring on, the wisdom, the knowledge, the information, and the practicality of it all enough. Really great stuff. Thank you again.

[@MarkBellsPowerProject]

Thank you so much

[@travisn346]

I started doing bird dogs a long time ago because of Stu. Brilliant man.

[@salehaallal4364]

That’s amazing man the hip flexor stretches were doing nothing for me, but that twist at the end is just a game changer!! It’s interesting though I can definitely feel the psoas is really tight on the right side and this stretch feels soooo good, but then on the left side I can’t feel it much and it already feels loosened up. It’s almost as if it’s too loose . I think I might benefit from strengthening my left psoas but stretching my right one. You guys might benefit from really feeling how you feel from side to side , and adapting your training to that, because my psoas feels completely different from side to side

[@universoulstrength7343]

Could Stuart please do a Nead Flanders special it would be epic

[@rafaelthemotivator]

Amazing

[@osakaoneal]

Earned a sub.

[@MarkBellsPowerProject]

Thank you so much. Hope you like it here 👊

[@yeheheyee9998]

Is there any more videos on this more of like focused on exercises and things that I can do to help with my tight psoas and hips/back pain pls

[@Zupermental]

love this segment

[@MarkBellsPowerProject]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for the feedback!

[@qthirteen13]

Was it the scientific name of the 'dick route'? 😁

[@Nasosdag]

Thank you so much for this video. I tweaked my back Pendlay'ing a couple of days ago and such videos help a lot! McGill is a legend! But quadratus lumborum is not the high medial quad. He probably meant to say sartorius. QL is part of the posterior abdominal wall.

[@walrusrider7138]

yeah, think he meant rectus femoris

[@mzalenski1]

Thank you so much. This video made a lot of my pain make sense.

[@MarkBellsPowerProject]

Highly recommend you grab Stu's book Back Mechanic. It will explain so much about back pain. Link is in the description if interested.

[@VenVile]

Dr. Stuart McGill is the GOAT!

[@zeezee2732]

Clearly not, Go Check out Innacuracy @ 6mins 37 SECS of this video Quadratus Lumborum (Q.L) is NOT part of the Quadriceps(knee extensors), Q.L is in the Lumbar, low back region. laterally Flexes spine, stabilizes Pelvis.

[@Kentucky_Blue]

Great stuf

[@seekersamara3016]

Cal Dietz says that if you stabilize the hips your core stabilizes. ( I found this to be true) Brian Alsruhe does a great job of this, he just doesn't use big terms. 1get the arch back in your foot and 2 squeeze your butt it'll fix the back.

[@RohannvanRensburg]

Foot and glute cueing is so important. Core stabilizing is as simple as filling the tank if you have it down from a motor standpoint

[@adambarrack]

Cal Dietz is great, but when he adapts rehab information for performance, some details tends to get lost. Active glutes and a proper foot arch stabilize the pelvis, but a stable pelvis just means the spine potentially doesn't have to move as much. This doesn't necessarily solve all problems, it just reduces demand on the spine. A good counterpoint to his argument is a disc bulge where the disc presses on the sciatic nerve. If I assume good foot posture in my feet and activate my glutes, my pelvis will be stable, but that disc is still pressing on the nerve. People with back pain also tend to activate more core muscles than it really needs because the body thinks it needs the extra stability. This can actually make symptoms worse by increasing compression in the spine, which in turn pushes the disc into the nerve even more. This happens without regard to the pelvis and instead is a nervous-system-induced adaptation in the trunk. All of this to say that the trunk won't always "work itself out" as long as the pelvis is stable.

[@Train7Dallas]

Yeah def Jiujitsu never ends 😂🤙 but for real the best understanding of the psoas I’ve ever had. Thanks bros

[@coltonschnars3230]

Wow! My left side wasn't tight at all, but a huge stretch on my right side.

[@JungkookwifeN]

7:30 psoas strech 8:55 - 10:36

[@soulution24]

Maybe thats why some benchers make sense of the ''bench press is a full body movement'' and some just dont get it...they can load the body like a spring cause they have better fascial connection

[@jaysenjohnivanturner1972]

Wow I feel really smart now

[@judyfasola3737]

What's Dr McGill's take on A2M injections for osteoarthritis....mine is in my hips.... thanks

[@jeremypritchett6630]

Can't wait to get out of the car and try this

[@MarkBellsPowerProject]

How'd it go?

[@jeremypritchett6630]

@@MarkBellsPowerProject very well. Was able to establish a connection. Thank you, a new subscriber in the past week for Joe Rogan talking about knees over toes guy on your show. I am halfway through the whole podcast you had with him. A couple times throughout the Podcast I would love to know exactly what was running through your guy's head as he was talking. What that being said he did have a lot of great information

[@CrazedCorgi]

Not sure if I am getting it with these short arms. I can't reach my leg with my arm up.

[@vladvld3433]

6:37 Quadratus lumborum is not there.🤔

[@zeezee2732]

I thought it was just me pointing this out, Thanks for beating me to it. 😁

[@wiseAss]

Within 30 seconds I picked out the Canadian accent.

[@MarkBellsPowerProject]

lol

[@englishexperts1974]

I thought that was new yorks

[@will1964]

McGill is a legend.

[@honuman39]

I think Dr. McGill got confused a moment when he called the the high middle quadricep the quadratus lumborum. I think he meant the rectus femoris.

[@christopherweigelt5322]

Epic mustache

[@inmate0054]

I didn’t feel anything

[@williamb6300]

We have no facial connection lol

[@jutublizard]

it must be really cold in that studio.

[@heatherwhittaker6169]

Lower back pain causes massive çonstipation..no on addresses this..I wish someone had answers.

[@jasonmoniz2459]

When my upper lumbar/lower thoracic musculature was tight...i used to have irregular bowel patterns etc...my theory is there is a bundle of nerves called parasympathetic trunk which controls smooth muscle of gut and intestines...but every time i worked my back withself massage it improved 🤷

[@daniellebrogan8699]

Drink a ton of water

[@kote1287]

Stu is epitome of yada yada yada

[@deltaXna]

This is all true. My ass is flat as a pancake need to bulk them up! Back kills everyday

[@speed_will]

You could do the yoga warrior 1 pose that's stretches the psoas too after warrior 1 pose I go right into warrior 2 pose that helps too with any back legs neck arms and shoulder pain I couldn't jog for 15 years cause I broke my left knee playing football but after doing warrior 1 and 2 pose Iam jogging 15 miles a week just do the yoga poses that don't hurt you if the stretch doesn't feel good or cause u pain don't do it but warrior 1 and 2 is the easiest I hold those poses for 5 minutes each but start a 1 minute at first

[@ilikedogs870]

I wish McGill was my dad

[@samrizzuto8326]

He said let’s have a discussion then didn’t stop talking so they could input anything lmao

[@MarkBellsPowerProject]

When Stu speaks, you listen.

[@Sammy-zp4cc]

@@MarkBellsPowerProject exactly

[@teatowel11]

I'm disappointed. I was expecting to here from the legendary Australian spin bowler.

[@lincolncollingridge8822]

Hey Stu any chance you can answer a q in under 15 minutes ? Just once !

[@BrodeyDoverosx]

That depends

[@kadijaish]

You can not say genius things in a min or two. Human body is very complicated

[@awreckingball]

Bell look like he'd rather be anywhere but here. But then he wouldn't get paid. So.

[@jackadoni]

3 minutes in and he still hasn't answered a simple yes or no or "it's complicated" to a perfectly worded question "Does a tight back cause back pain?" JESUSSSSS

[@darklord220]

It is actually complicated.