This is a brilliant long-form interview with Professor Stuart McGill — a world-leading spine expert whose work underpins so much of how I now assess and support clients with back pain. It’s an honest, unfiltered conversation between McGill and powerlifter Chris Duffin, who used the McGill Method to come back from a serious spinal injury and go on to break the all-time squat world record.

Adam and Stuart M. McGill delve into the complexities of back pain, emphasising the importance of individual assessment and understanding the unique stories behind each person's pain.

I was saddened for the back pain-suffering public to read an article in The Times claiming that nothing works to address low back pain. I have worked with several clients over the last 18 months since I qualified as a McGill Practitioner, to help them resolve their low back pain and have the evidence that this is not true…..

The Peter Attia Drive is a deep-dive podcast focusing on maximizing longevity, and all that goes into that from physical to cognitive to emotional health.

In this episode, Chris sat down with Stu McGill and Marc Surdyka. Stu provided more context surrounding his previous podcast interview with Peter Attia in addition to our recent episode discussing some of Stu’s claims during his conversation with Peter.

Never having back issues I struggled to accept what was happening and so continued to do everything I used to do such as: going the gym, sitting for long periods in work without a break and underestimating the importance of moving correctly.  

My approach to helping clients become pain free has been revolutionised by the research of Professor Stuart McGill (www.backfitpro.com) – the world’s leading authority on low back pathologies and head of Spinal Biomechanics at the University of Waterloo in Canada.