Now getting back to my specialty of manual medicine. During my three years of post graduate classes which ultimately lead to my board certification in chiropractic rehabilitation in 2001, Dr. Stuart McGill taught one of my classes. I have been following his fascinating work ever since that time. He is a professor of spinal biomechanics and has researched and written extensively on the detrimental effects of lumbar (low back) flexion and is a critic of abdominal crunch exercises. I teach many abdominal and core exercises based on the results of his work that put significantly less stress of the lumbar discs than crunches and many of the traditional abdominal and low back exercises. Was anyone aware this work?
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:48:17 +0000