2016 Teleseminar Bonus Interview - Dr. Stuart McGill

In this interview Dr. McGill talks about the highlights of the Stanford 'Assessing Movement' conference with he and Gray Cook, spine position and moving under load with weight lifting, head/neck position with lifting, and also his new book 'Back Mechanic'. Dr. McGill also discusses some of the new research he has been involved in with injury prediction in elite police forces, isometric training enhancing performance, and more...

Members can download this interview HERE

To find more information on Back Mechanic or Dr. McGill's other books, go to his website HERE.

Study links mentioned in the interview:

Can fitness and movement quality prevent back injury in elite task force police officers? A 5-year longitudinal study - Stuart McGill, David Frost, Thomas Lam, Tim Finlay, Kevin Darby & Jordan Cannona. Ergonomics - Volume 58, Issue 10, 2015.

Male Spine Motion During Coitus - Sidorkewicz N, McGill SM. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Sep 15;39(20):1633-9.

Cool YouTube Video with Dr. McGill talking about working with MMA fighters and how they generate kicking and punching power:

BIO

2016 Teleseminar Bonus Interview - Dr. Stuart McGill

Stuart McGill is a Professor of Spine Biomechanics and is the Chair of the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo in Canada. He has been the author of over 200 scientific journal papers that address the issues of low back function, injury prevention and rehabilitation, and performance training. Collectively this work has received numerous scientific awards. He sits on the editorial boards of the journals SPINE, Clinical Biomechanics, and Journal of Applied Biomechanics. As a consultant, he has provided low back to various government agencies, many corporations and legal firms, professional/international athletes and teams from many countries. In addition to seeing patients sent for consult, he teaches clinical courses regularly around the world. His other textbook was entitled "Low Back Disorders: Evidence Based Prevention and Rehabilitation", Second Edition", published by Human Kinetics.